Kamau Brathwaite Bio, Birthday, Birthsign, Birthplace, Height and Profession

Caribbean poet and academic known for a 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize-winning collection entitled Born to Slow Horses. His scholarly works include History of the Voice and Afternoon of the Status Crow. Before Fame He studied at Harrison College, Pembroke College, and Cambridge University and later co-founded the Caribbean Artists Movement. Trivia He taught in the Comparative Literature Department at New York University.  Family Life He married his first wife, Doris Monica Wellcome, in 1960; later, he wed Beverley Reid. Associated With He and Canadian author Alden Nowlan were both recipients of Guggenheim Fellowships.