Agymah Kamau
Kwadwo Agymah Kamau is a Barbadian American[1] novelist.
Life
[edit]A native of Barbados, he moved to New York in 1977. He studied at Virginia Commonwealth University. He graduated from Baruch College of CUNY with a bachelor's degree in finance and a master's degree (1985)[1] in quantitative economics. He served first as a statistician at the New York City Department of Investigation, then as a senior economist at the New York State Department of Taxation & Finance. He studied with Paule Marshall at Virginia Commonwealth University in the MFA program.
His work has appeared in Callaloo, Caribbean Vibes, Gumbo,[2] InSyte Magazine,[3] He teaches creative writing at the University of Oklahoma.[4]
Awards
[edit]- 2000: Virginia Governor's Award for the Arts nomination
- 2000: Commonwealth of Virginia/Library of Virginia Literary Award
- 2000: ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award for Pictures of a Dying Man
- 2000: Gustavus Myers Book Award, finalist for Pictures of a Dying Man
- 2003: Whiting Award
Works
[edit]- Flickering Shadows. Coffee House Press. 1996. ISBN 978-1-56689-049-6.
Agymah Kamau.
- Pictures of a Dying Man. Coffee House Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1-56689-087-8.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Carol Brennan, "Kamau, Kwadwo Agymah 1960(?)–". Contemporary Black Biography, 2001. Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Marita Golden, E. Lynn Harris (eds), Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing, Harlem Moon/Broadway Books, 2002.
- ^ Biographical note, 24th Annual Literary Festival.
- ^ Department of English, University of Oklahoma. Archived August 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Agymah Kamau profile at The Whiting Foundation
- "Interview With Writer Agymah Kamau, Novelist and former economist with the state of New York", Odeo, Oct 26, 2006[permanent dead link]
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