Louise Bennett-Coverley

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Louise Bennett-Coverley was a pioneering Jamaican poet, folklorist, and performer renowned for legitimizing Jamaican Patois in literature and theatre and for her influential work in Caribbean cultural expression.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Louise Bennett-Coverley canonical 2
Louise Bennett 1

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Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf actress ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
cultural icon ⓘ
folklorist ⓘ
human ⓘ
performer ⓘ
poet ⓘ
storyteller ⓘ
awardReceived Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Order of Jamaica ⓘ
Order of Merit (Jamaica) ⓘ
birthDate 1919-09-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica ⓘ
deathDate 2006-07-26 ⓘ
deathPlace Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Toronto
educatedAt Excelsior College (Jamaica) ⓘ
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ⓘ
employer Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation ⓘ
Jamaican Social Welfare Commission ⓘ
fieldOfWork folklore ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
radio broadcasting ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
television broadcasting ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
genre folklore ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Afro-Jamaican ⓘ
hasInfluenced Caribbean performance poetry ⓘ
contemporary Jamaican writers ⓘ
influenced Caribbean cultural expression ⓘ
Jamaican poetry ⓘ
Jamaican theatre ⓘ
knownFor legitimizing Jamaican Patois in literature ⓘ
popularizing Jamaican folklore ⓘ
radio and television performances in Jamaican Patois ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Jamaican Patois ⓘ
movement Caribbean literature ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
name Louise Bennett ⓘ
Louise Bennett-Coverley ⓘ
nickname Miss Lou ⓘ
notableWork Anancy Stories ⓘ
Aunty Roachy Seh ⓘ
Caribbean Rhythms ⓘ
Jamaica Labrish ⓘ
Laugh with Louise ⓘ
Selected Poems of Louise Bennett ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
broadcaster ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
folklorist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Toronto
spouse Eric Winston Coverley ⓘ

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Caribbean English → hasNotableAuthorUsing → Louise Bennett-Coverley ⓘ
Louise Bennett-Coverley → name → Louise Bennett-Coverley ⓘ
Louise Bennett-Coverley → name → Louise Bennett ⓘ
linked to: Louise Bennett-Coverley