Grace Nichols
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Grace Nichols (born 1950) is a Guyanese poet who immigrated to Britain in 1977.
I is a Long-Memory Woman (1983), her first collection, received the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, is one of the Commonwealth Poetry Prize.
Early years and education
Grace Nichols FRSL was born in Georgetown, Guyana, and lived in a small village on the country's coast until her family immigrated to the city when she was eight years old. She obtained a Diploma in Communications from the University of Guyana, served as a writer and in government information services before emigring to the United Kingdom in 1977. A large portion of her poetry is influenced by Caribbean rhythms and culture, as well as Guyanese and Amerindian folklore.
Personal life
She and her partner, Guyanese poet John Agard, live in Lewes, East Sussex.
Literary career
Her first collection of poetry, I is a Long-Memoried Woman won the 1983 Commonwealth Poetry Prize. A film adaptation subsequently won a gold medal at the International Film and Television Festival of New York, and the book was dramatised for BBC radio. Her novel for adults, Whole of a Morning Sky, was published in 1986. In 1992, her work featured in the anthology Daughters of Africa (edited by Margaret Busby).
Nichols has published several further books of poetry, including in 2006 volume of new and selected poems, Startling the Flying Fish, and her books for children encompass collections of short stories and poetry anthologies. Her poetry is featured in the AQA, WJEC (Welsh Joint Education Committee), and Edexcel English/English Literature IGCSE anthologies – meaning that many GCSE students in the UK have studied her work. Her religion is Christianity after she was influenced by the UK's many religions and multi-cultural society.
In 2011 Nichols was a member of the first ever judging panel for a new schools poetry competition named "Anthologise", spearheaded by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. School students aged 11–18 from around the UK were invited to create and submit their own anthologies of published poetry. The first ever winners of Anthologise were the sixth-form pupils of Monkton Combe School, Bath, with their anthology titled The Poetry of Earth is Never Dead.
Awards
- 1983: Commonwealth Poetry Prize (for I is a Long Memoried Woman)
- 1986: Arts Council Writers' Award
- 1996: Guyana Poetry Prize (for Sunris)
- 2000: Cholmondeley Award
- 2007: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- 2008: Guyana Poetry Award Never live unloved
- 2021: Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry