Eintou Pearl Springer
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Eintou Pearl Springer (b. Cantaro village, Santa Cruz
, Trinidad
, Trinidad and Tobago
, November 24, 1944) is a poet from Trinidad and Tobago. She is the Poet Laureate of Port of Spain
, Trinidad and Tobago.
Her work frequently deals with social issues as well as pride in her African heritage. She recently retired as Director of the National Heritage Library of Trinidad and Tobago having occupied the post since October 1993.
Springer is a devotee of the Orisa
religion. She has three children and lives in San Juan, Trinidad
. Her daughter Dara Healy is a dancer and a politician in Trinidad, and currently serves as Chairman of the Democratic National Assembly
party.
Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago
The Santa Cruz Valley stretches between Maraval and San Juan, along the Saddle Road. It lies between the hills of the Northern Range on the island of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago....
, Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
, Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
, November 24, 1944) is a poet from Trinidad and Tobago. She is the Poet Laureate of Port of Spain
Port of Spain
Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...
, Trinidad and Tobago.
Her work frequently deals with social issues as well as pride in her African heritage. She recently retired as Director of the National Heritage Library of Trinidad and Tobago having occupied the post since October 1993.
Springer is a devotee of the Orisa
Orisha
An Orisha is a spirit or deity that reflects one of the manifestations of Olodumare in the Yoruba spiritual or religious system....
religion. She has three children and lives in San Juan, Trinidad
San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago
San Juan is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It lies in North Eastern Trinidad, between Barataria and St. Joseph.It is a busy town in the East-West Corridor; the centre of town is known as the Croisee. Population is 54,900 , and it is the third city of the country, larger than the capital. San Juan...
. Her daughter Dara Healy is a dancer and a politician in Trinidad, and currently serves as Chairman of the Democratic National Assembly
Democratic National Assembly
The Democratic National Assembly is a political party in the Trinidad and Tobago. The party is meant to serve as a "third force" is society, providing a "non-tribal" alternative to the ruling People's National Movement and the Opposition United National Congress...
party.
Books
- 1986: Out of the Shadows. London: Karia Press ISBN 0-946918-58-9 (poetry)
- 1987: The Caribbean: the lands and their peoples. London: Macdonald (Previous ed. by Ken Campbell; 1980)
- 1991: Focussed. [S.l.]: Triangle (poetry)
- 1995: The New Aesthetic and the Meaning of Culture in the Caribbean; the dream coming in with the rain : proceedings of the Carifesta V Symposia, Port of Spain, Trinidad, August 1992; editor, Pearl Eintou Springer. Port of Spain, Trinidad: National Carnival Commission
- 2000: Moving Into the Light. Kingston, Jamaica : Ian Randle (poetry)
- 2005: Loving the Skin I'm in. Port of Spain: Lexicon Trinidad (poetry)