Heather royes poet biography

Heather Royes

Heather Hope Royes (born )[1] is a Jamaican media consultant, HIV/AIDS consultant and poet.

Education and career

Royes received a bachelor of arts from the University of Oregon. She attended the University of the West Indies, Mona and earned a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in [2] She has worked in the Jamaican government, including as cultural attaché in Mexico City in the s.[3][4]

She studies HIV/AIDS and, in , published a pioneering study on "Jamaican Men and Same-Sex Activities."[5] She has authored several papers and reports on the subject, including a UNESCO report on Jamaica's experience with HIV/AIDS.[6]

Poetry

Royes has been writing poetry since the s.[7] Her poetry has been included in anthologies such as Heinemann's Jamaica Woman () and Anthology of African and Caribbean Writing in English (), the Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English (), and the Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse ().[8][9] In she published her first collection, The Caribbean Raj, consisting of about 30 poems divided into four sections.[7][10] In she won the National Literary Competition and in she published a second volume, Days and Nights of the Blue Iguana, which included some poems from her first collection as well as new works.[11][12][13]

References

  1. ^Brown, Stewart; McWatt, Mark, eds. (). The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse. Oxford University Press. p.&#;xi.
  2. ^Zach, Paul, ed. (). Insight Guide Jamaica. Apa Productions. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  3. ^Nettleford, Rex M.; LaYacona, Maria (). Dance Jamaica: Cultural Definition and Artistic Discovery: The National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica, . Grove Press. pp.&#;88, ISBN&#;.
  4. ^"Appointments". The Daily Gleaner. 8 January p.&#;2.
  5. ^Cowell, Noel M. (March ). "Public Discourse, Popular Culture and Attitudes Towards Homosexuals in Jamaica". Sexualities in the Caribbean. 60 (1): 31– JSTOR&#;
  6. ^Muturi, Nancy (). "Faith-Based Initiatives in Response to HIV/AIDS in Jamaica". International Journal of Communication (2): –
  7. ^ ab"Caribbean Bookshelf". Caribbean Beats (25). May–June Retrieved 23 January
  8. ^Wisker, Gina, ed. (). Black Women's Writing. Springer. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  9. ^"Heather Royes". Peepal Tree Press. Retrieved 23 January
  10. ^Mordecai, Martin; Mordecai, Pamela (). Culture and Customs of Jamaica. Greenwood Publishing Group. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  11. ^Philp, Geoffrey (). "Days and Nights of the Blue Iguana". The Caribbean Writer. 20: –
  12. ^Lakhan, Anu (August ). "Things only poems say". Caribbean Review of Books (9) &#; via Peepal Tree Press.
  13. ^Cooke, Mel (28 October ). "Enthralling poetry from Heather Royes". The Gleaner. p.&#;32 &#; via Peepal Tree Press.

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