Marc Matthews | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940s |
| Other names | Tramping Man |
| Education | Queen's College |
| Occupations | Writer, actor, broadcaster and producer |
| Notable work | Guyana My Altar |
| Awards | Guyana Prize for Literature (1987) |
Marc Matthews (born 1940s) is a Guyanese writer, actor, broadcaster and producer.
Biography
Marc Matthews was born in British Guiana in the 1940s.
He was a co-director/founder of Jaiai Independent Broadcasting Unit, and with Peter Kempadoo produced Our Kind Of Folk for radio in Guyana.[1]
In the 1960s, Matthews was in London, England, as a freelance reporter.
In 1987, Matthews won the Guyana Prize[2] ,Guyana My Altar (Karnak House, 1987). His collection A Season of Sometimes was published by Peepal Tree Press in 1992.[3] His work has also been anthologized in collections such as The Heinemann Book of Caribbean Poetry[4] (1992) and The Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English.[5]
Around 2005, Matthews, working under the pseudonym "Tramping Man", formed a musical collaboration named Burn Brothers with two London-based producers, Jean Philippe Altier and Adam Hoyle. They were joined by saxophonist Florian Brand and performed a number of gigs in and around London in 2007. A record entitled Fire Exit was recorded and released in April 2008.
Selected bibliography
- Eleven O'Clock Goods, Kairi, 1974.
- Guyana My Altar (poetry), Karnak House, 1987.
- A Season of Sometimes, Peepal Tree Press, 1992
References
- ^ "Biography at Rupununi Music Festival". Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "The long and short of The Guyana Prize", Guyana Chronicle Online, 12 January 2013.
- ^ A Season of Sometimes page Archived 29 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine at Peepal Tree Press.
- ^ Ian McDonald, Stewart Brown (eds), The Heinemann Book of Caribbean Poetry, Heinemann Educational Books, 1992, pp. 132–134.
- ^ Paula Burnett (ed.), The Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English, Penguin Books, 1986; Penguin Classics, 2005.
External links
- Marc Matthews – “Jumbie Picnic” video, Guyanese Online.
- "Small Boys" by Marc Matthews, Geoffrey Philp, 18 July 2008.
- Marc Matthews, "Guyana Not Ghana", 24 September 2008
