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4 unusual facts about Frank Collymore


A. J. Seymour

During this time he also edited and published An Anthology of Guianese Poetry (1954); The Kyk-Over-Al Anthology of West Indian Poetry (1952; revised ed. 1958); and the Miniature Poets Series (1951–53) of pamphlets, which included work by Carter, Harris, Ivan Van Sertima, Trinidadian Harold Telemaque, Barbadian Frank Collymore, and Jamaican Philip Sherlock.

Frank Collymore

Aside from being a student at Combermere School (from 1903 until 1910), he was also one of its staff members until his retirement in 1958, up to which point he was its Deputy Headmaster.

Collymore was born at Woodville Cottage, Chelsea Road, Saint Michael, Barbados (where he lived all his life).

He also taught for 50 years at Combermere School, where he sought out and encouraged prospective writers in his classes, notably George Lamming.



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