Victor Stafford Reid
(1913-1987)
Jamaican writer
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Victor Stafford Reid, OJ, (May 1,1913 – August 25, 1987) was a Jamaican writer born in Kingston, Jamaica, who wrote with an intent of influencing the younger generations. He was awarded the silver (1950) and gold (1976) Musgrave Medals , the Order of Jamaica (1980) and the Norman Manley Award for Excellence in Literature in 1981. He was the author of several novels, three of which were aimed towards children; one play production; and several short stories. Two of his most notable works are New Day - "the first West Indian novel to be written throughout in a dialect form" - and The Leopard.
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1 May 1913
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25 August 1987 (aged 74)
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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