Edward Baugh
Edward Baugh | |
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| Born | Edward Alston Cecil Baugh 10 January 1936 Port Antonio, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire |
| Died | 9 December 2023 (aged 87) Kingston, Jamaica |
| Alma mater | University College of the West Indies; Queen's University, Canada; University of Manchester |
| Occupation(s) | Poet and scholar |
| Notable work | West Indian Poetry 1900–1970: A Study in Cultural Decolonisation (1971); Derek Walcott: Memory as Vision (1978) |
| Awards | Bocas Henry Swanzy Award, 2021 |
Edward Alston Cecil Baugh CD (10 January 1936 – 9 December 2023) was a Jamaican poet and scholar, recognised as an authority on the work of Derek Walcott, whose Selected Poems (2007) Baugh edited, having in 1978 authored the first book-length study of the Nobel-winning poet's work, Derek Walcott: Memory as Vision.