Edward Baugh News Today

THE EDITOR, Madam: Picking ackee off the tree is a very rewarding activity. Especially when this task is done early morning, one by one the ackees appear to just open up for picking. Like they are really happy to see you. No wonder this lovely...

The new year greeted us with the bluest skies. No wonder then that we have had thousands of visitors fleeing the cold North over the holiday season. In fact, Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Mo...

THE EDITOR, Madam: Norman Washington Manley died on September 2, 1969. In the poem The Tightrope Walker, published in the 1969 Christmas edition of Public Opinion, as a tribute to the N.W. Manley, Dennis Scott wrote: …You measure a man by the...

Just last month, I telephoned Eddie asking for permission to publish the talk he gave in 1994 to launch my book Noises in the Blood. The invitation to the event was a dancehall-style poster. Eddie mischievously embraced the identity I’d seduced him...

Rashaed Esson Staff Writer    #Jamaica, December 15, 2023 – Edward Alston Cecil Baugh, Caribbean literary giant, sadly passed away on Sunday December 10th, 2023, leaving behind a rich legacy in the literary world. Baugh, born on January 10th, 1936 in Port Antonio Jamaica, which made him 87 years old, lived a successful life not […]

THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) is continuing to mourn the passing of Emeritus Professor of English, Edward Alston Cecil Baugh, who it has described as a quintessential scholar and gentleman who exemplified the ideals of the institution,...

TWO months ago we suggested that the Government, aided by the Chancery of the Societies of Honour, could examine the idea of designating deserving Jamaicans the title of national treasure. Our su...

Our most heartfelt condolences for the family and friends of poet, scholar, and most generous educator Edward Baugh (January 10, 1936 – December 10, 2023). Walk in peace. Here are excerpts from The Poetry Archive. “I would have words as tenacious as mules/ to bear us, sure-footed/ up the mountain of night...” —from 'Elemental' by…

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has hailed literary giant Professor Edward Baugh, and noted that his passing is “a huge loss to Jamaica and the Caribbean”. Edward Baugh, who was born in Port Antonio, Portland,...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Professor Edward Baugh has died. He was 87. It is reported that Baugh died on Saturday, about a month shy of his 88th birthday. In a release lauding his vast achievements and contr...