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Louise Bennett-Coverley
Jamaican writer, folklorist and educator (1919–2006)
"Louise Bennett" redirects here. For the Irish suffragette and trade unionist, see Louie Bennett.
Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss LouOM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, Bennett worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois ("nation language"),[2] establishing the validity of local languages for literary expression.[3]
Early life
Bennett was born on 7 September 1919 on North Street in Kingston, Jamaica.[4] She was the only child of Augustus Cornelius Bennett, the owner of a bakery in Spanish Town, and Kerene Robinson, a dressmaker. After the death of her father in 1926, Bennett was raised primarily by her mother. Bennett attended elementary school at Ebenezer and Calabar, continuing to St. Simon's College and Excelsior College, in Kingston. In 1943, she enrolled at Friends College in
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Bennett, Louise
1919-2006
Poet, storyteller, folklorist
When news of Louise Bennett's death was announced on July 26, 2006, Jamaicans on the island and around the world mourned the loss of one of their greatest cultural icons. Known affectionately as "Miss Lou," Bennett was throughout her life a passionate champion of Jamaica's culture, its rich folklore tradition, and particularly its unique language. She pioneered the use of West Indian English, also known as "Creole" or "patois," as a medium for artistic expression and helped nurture a distinctively Jamaican style of theatrical performance. Her career as a poet and as a performer on the radio, stage, and screen spanned more than half a century. Described as the "first lady of Jamaican comedy," she was one of the most notable Jamaican personalities of the twentieth century.
Louise Simone Bennett was born on September 7, 1919, in Kingston, Jamaica, the only child of Augustus Cornelius Bennett, a baker, and Kerene Robinson, a dressmaker. After her father's early death, Bennett was raised by her mother. A self-described "a
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Biography
Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou) renowned poet, actress, social commentator, comedienne, folklorist and singer was a beloved Jamaican who for over 50 years made significant contributions to Jamaican theatre, music, culture and literature. Louise Bennett was born on Sunday, September 7 1919 at 40 North Street in Kingston to parents Augustus Cornelius Bennett a baker and Kerene Robinson, a dressmaker. She attended St. Simon’s College, Excelsior High School in Kingston and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in England on a British Council Scholarship.
She was described in a tribute written by Corina Meeks for the Public Relations Society of Jamaica in March 30 1987 thusly: From time to time in the history of a nation there emerges someone on the national scene who seems to embody the very psyche of its people; capable of distilling, interpreting and expressing its collective wisdom , its hopes and its aspirations, its strengths as well as its weaknesses. In Jamaica Louise Bennett is such a person. (Vertical files, National Librar
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