Jean
'Binta' Breeze (1956-2021) was an internationally-renowned poet. Born
in Hanover, Jamaica, she first visited London in 1985 to take part in
the International Book Fair of Radical and Third World Books, and she
continued to write, perform and teach until a collapsed lung resulted in
early retirement to Jamaica. She published eight books of poetry and
stories. Answers (Jamaica, 1982), Riddym Ravings (Race Today, UK, 1988),
Spring Cleaning (Virago, 1992) were followed by On the Edge of an
Island (1997), The Arrival of Brighteye (2000), The Fifth Figure (2006),
Third World Girl: Selected Poems (2011, with DVD) and The Verandah
Poems (2016) from Bloodaxe. She also released several records, cassettes
and CDs, including Tracks and Eena Me Corner with the Dennis Bovell Dub
Band and Riding On De Riddym: selected spoken works (57 Productions).
She performed her work throughout the world, including tours of the
Caribbean, Britain, North America, Europe, South East Asia and Africa,
and latterly divided her time between Jamaica and England. She received a
NESTA Award in 2003, and an MBE in 2012 for services to literature.

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