Claude McKay
Claude McKay
Festus Claudius "Claude" McKaywas a Jamaican-American writer and poet, who was a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote four novels: Home to Harlem, a best-seller that won the Harmon Gold Award for Literature, Banjo, Banana Bottom, and in 1941 a manuscript called Amiable With Big Teeth: A Novel of the Love Affair Between the Communists and the Poor Black Sheep of Harlem that has not yet been published. McKay also authored collections of poetry, a collection of short...
NationalityJamaican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 September 1889
CityClarendon Parish, Jamaica
CountryJamaica