Anne Walmsley was born on 1931 and is a British-born editor, scholar, critic and author, notable as a specialist in Caribbean art and literature, whose career spans five decades.
13 Facts About Anne Walmsley
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Anne Walmsley is widely recognised for her work as Longman's Caribbean publisher, and for Caribbean books that she authored and edited.
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Anne Walmsley's pioneering school anthology, The Sun's Eye: West Indian Writing for Young Readers, drew on her use of local literary material while teaching in Jamaica.
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Anne Walmsley has a BA in English from Durham University, and an MA in African Studies from Sussex University.
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Anne Walmsley's experience teaching in Jamaica between 1959 and 1963 informed her compilation of the anthology The Sun's Eye, which drew on Caribbean literary material; published in 1968, the anthology went on to secure an ongoing presence on school syllabuses.
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Caribbean writers published at Longman's on Anne Walmsley's watch include Roy Heath, George Lamming, Samuel Selvon and Ismith Khan.
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Anne Walmsley subsequently worked as a freelance editor and consultant, and was active with ATCAL.
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Anne Walmsley's articles have appeared in many journals and literary magazines over the years, among them BIM, Wasafiri, South, BOMB, ArtsEtc, and elsewhere.
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Anne Walmsley has contributed essays to exhibition catalogues and has produced critical writings on Caribbean visual artists, especially Aubrey Williams.
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Anne Walmsley co-edited Art in the Caribbean: an Introduction with Stanley Greaves, in collaboration with Christopher Cozier, launching the volume at the October Gallery in October 2010.
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Later in 2018, Anne Walmsley donated material to Newcastle University Robinson Library Special Collections and Archives, as part of the Walmsley Archive.
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Anne Walmsley was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, Jamaica, in 2009.
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At the NGC Bocas Lit Fest in 2018 Anne Walmsley was named as the recipient of the Henry Swanzy Award in recognition of her distinguished service to Caribbean letters.