Una Marson

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Una Marson


Born
in Santa Cruz, Jamaica
February 06, 1905

Died
May 06, 1965

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Una Maud Victoria Marson was a Jamaican feminist, activist and writer, producing poems, plays and radio programmes.

She travelled to London in 1932 and became the first black woman to be employed by the BBC during World War II. In 1942, she became producer of the programme Calling the West Indies, turning it into Caribbean Voices, which became an important forum for Caribbean literary work.

Average rating: 3.72 · 148 ratings · 16 reviews · 8 distinct worksSimilar authors
Una Marson: Selected Poems

3.94 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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Pocomania and London Calling

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London Calling

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The Moth and the Star

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Towards the Stars

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[(The Una Marson: Selected ...

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Tropic Reveries: Poems

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