1927 - 2023
Evan Jones British Writer
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Details
| First Name |
Evan
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| Last Name |
Jones
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1926
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| Birthplace |
Portland, Jamaica
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| Died |
18th April, 2023
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
playwright, screenwriter, poet
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| Occupation |
Writer
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| Music Genre (Text) |
TV drama, screenplays, poetry, Television drama
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Evan Gordon Newton Jones (29 December 1927 – 18 April 2023) was a Jamaican writer based in the United Kingdom. He was educated in Jamaica, the United States and England. Jones remains the most accomplished Jamaican international screenwriter to date. His poetry, especially "The Song of the Banana Man", is widely anthologised and his output as a playwright for theatre and television spans four decades. He is also the writer of two novels, two works of non-fiction and three anthologies of Caribbean folklore.
