J. E. Clare McFarlane

J. E. Clare McFarlane (1894-1962) was a Jamaican civil servant and poet. He was Jamaica's second Poet Laureate.

Life

McFarlane was born in Spanish Town, and educated at Cornwall College.[1] A founder of the Poetry League of Jamaica in 1923, McFarlane compiled several anthologies and published five collections of poetry. He was the first Jamaican financial secretary.[2]

McFarlane was appointed Poet Laureate in 1953, and held the title until his death.[3]

His sons Basil and R. L. Clare McFarlane were also poets.

His daughter Sheila J. Clare McFarlane immigrated to the United States in 1966, where she was a Registered Nurse until her retirement in 2002. She lives in Manhasset, Long Island, NY.

His son, Douglas (and Sheila's twin brother) still resides in England.

Works

(ed.) Voices from Summerland, 1929
Daphne: A Tale of the Hills of St. Andrew, Jamaica, 1931
The Challenge of our Time, 1945
(ed.) A Treasury of Jamaican Poetry, 1950
A Literature in the Making, 1956
The Magdalene: The Story of Supreme Love, 1957

References

Wycliffe Bennett (2004). "McFarlane, John Ebenzer (sic.) Clare". In Eugene Benson; L.W. Conolly (eds.). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Routledge. p. 994. ISBN 978-1-134-46848-5.
Pat Dunn; Pamela Mordecai (2002). "McFarland, John Ebenezer Clare". In Daniel Balderston; Mike Gonzalez; Ana M. Lopez (eds.). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. Routledge. p. 942. ISBN 978-1-134-78852-1.
Former Poets Laureate

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[BensonBenson2004-1] Wycliffe Bennett (2004). "McFarlane, John Ebenzer (sic.) Clare". In Eugene Benson; L.W. Conolly (eds.). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Routledge. p. 994. ISBN 978-1-134-46848-5.

[BalderstonGonzalez2002-2] Pat Dunn; Pamela Mordecai (2002). "McFarland, John Ebenezer Clare". In Daniel Balderston; Mike Gonzalez; Ana M. Lopez (eds.). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. Routledge. p. 942. ISBN 978-1-134-78852-1.

[3] Former Poets Laureate