Cyril Dabydeen
Literature
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Why is Cyril Dabydeen a Celebrated Poet?
Cyril is the first Caribbean person to be appointed the official Poet Laureate of a major Canadian city--Ottawa.
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Some years ago, celebrated poet Kamau Brathwaite described Cyril Dabydeen as "one of the most confident and accomplished voices of the Caribbean Diaspora this side of the late 20th Century."
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Cyril believes in the transformative power of the arts, and how the arts can transcend our lives--through fiction and poetry.
Cyril Dabydeen has not only promoted his own work, but has spent an enormous amount of time and energy promoting the work of other Caribbean literary luminaries.
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His mission is to help people to develop and express themselves through creative writing. Read his profile on the Board of Advisors Page.
Read some of Cyril Dabydeen's works in the links below:
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Globalization and the Short Story
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Cyril Recommends
Cyril is an admirer of the excellent work of Dr. Cecille DePass as the lead editor of Cultural and Pedagogical Enquiry published by the University of Alberta, Canada