Biography of grace nichols

Guyanese poet

Grace NicholsFRSL (born 1950) is a Guyanesepoet who moved to Britain in 1977, before which she worked as a teacher and journalist in Guyana.

Her first collection, I is a Long-Memoried Woman (1983), won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize. In December 2021, she was announced as winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

Early years and education

Grace Nichols was born in Georgetown, Guyana, and lived in a small village on the country's coast^[1] until her family moved to the city when she was eight years old.^[2] She took a Diploma in Communications from the University of Guyana, and subsequently worked as a teacher (1967–70), as a journalist and in government information services,^[3] before she migrated to the United Kingdom in 1977.^[4] Much of her poetry is characterised by Caribbean rhythms and culture, and influenced by Guyanese and Amerindian folklore.

Literary career

Her first collection of poetry,