Kwame Dawes

Kwame Dawes is the author of numerous books of poetry and other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. His most recent collection of poetry, Sturge Town, was published in 2024 

Dawes is Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University and he also teaches in the Pacific MFA Program 

Dawes is a Co-Founder and Programme Director of the Calabash International Literary Festival and Founder and Director of the African Poetry Book Fund. He is a Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Dawes is the winner of the prestigious Windham/Campbell Award for Poetry and was a finalist for the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

Kwame Dawes is the Poet Laureate of Jamaica 2025 – 2028. In 2004 Dawes was awarded the Musgrave Silver Medal, and in 2022 Dawes was awarded the Order of Distinction Commander class by the Government of Jamaica.

Twitter: @kwamedawes

Website: kwamedawes.com