Erna Brodber
Encyclopedia
Erna Brodber is a Jamaica
n writer and sociologist
. Born in Woodside, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica
, she won the Caribbean and Canadian
regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize
in 1989 for her novel Myal. Brodber currently works as a freelance writer, researcher and lecturer in Jamaica. She is currently teaching a semester at the University of Richmond.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n writer and sociologist
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
. Born in Woodside, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica
Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica
Saint Mary is a parish located in the northeast section of Jamaica. With a population of 115,000 it is one of Jamaica's smallest parishes, located in the county of Middlesex. Its chief town and capital is Port Maria, located on the coast. It is also the birthplace of established dancehall reggae...
, she won the Caribbean and Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Commonwealth Writers is an initiative by the Commonwealth Foundation to unearth, develop and promote the best new fiction from across the Commonwealth. It's flagship are two literary awards and a website...
in 1989 for her novel Myal. Brodber currently works as a freelance writer, researcher and lecturer in Jamaica. She is currently teaching a semester at the University of Richmond.