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Valerie Bloom is a Jamaican poet, novelist, and playwright. She was born in Clarendon, Jamaica, in 1956. She is best known for her poetry collections, which include The Apple-Tree (1985), The Heat of the Sun (1989), and The Journey (1993). She has also written several novels, including The Orchid House (1995) and The River Where Blood is Born (1998). Valerie Bloom has won numerous awards for her work, including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Casa de las Americas Prize, and the Musgrave Gold Medal. She has also been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of the West Indies and the University of Leicester. Valerie Bloom is currently living in London, England. She is married to the poet and playwright, John Agard, and they have two children.

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Occupation Poet, novelist
Age 67 years old
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Born , 1956
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Birthplace Clarendon Parish, Jamaica
Nationality Jamaica

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2008

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.

2005

She writes poetry both in English and Jamaican patois. Many of her performances include a "crash course" in patois for audience members unfamiliar with the language. She has performed widely throughout the UK and abroad and has appeared on many radio and TV programmes. In 2005, she made a series of three programmes focusing on Jamaican poetry for BBC Radio 4 entitled Island Voices.

2003

Her first novel was Surprising Joy (2003). Her next novel, The Tribe, was published by Macmillan Children's Books in 2007.

1983

Valerie Bloom has published several collections, the most recent of which is Whoop an' Shout! Her first collection was Touch Mi, Tell Mi, published by Bogle-L'Ouverture in 1983, and this was followed by Duppy Jamboree (Cambridge University Press, 1992), Let me Touch the Sky, The World is Sweet and Hot like Fire. She has also edited a number of collections, including One River Many Creeks and A Twist in the Tale.

1979

Born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, Bloom moved to England in 1979. She attended the University of Kent at Canterbury and earned an honours degree, and was later awarded an honorary Master's degree. She has been living in Kent ever since.

1956

Valerie Bloom MBE (born 1956) is a Jamaican-born poet and a novelist based in the UK.

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