| Biography | Paul Keens-Douglas was born in September of 1942 in San Juan, Trinidad, but spent his early childhood in Grenada where he attended Presentation Boys College.
He has been writing and performing his own works since 1974. He holds an Honours Degree in Sociology, diplomas in Radio and Television Production and Broadcasting, and has done post graduate work at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. His awards include the Humming Bird Silver for Culture, and the Zora Neale Hurston Award.
For the past twenty years he has been a leading exponent of the oral traditions in a variety of fora, of which his Carnival Talk Tent has become a landmark. A self-published author, he has to his credit seven volumes of work, twelve albums and three videos. The remarkable thing about his work is its wide appeal, an appeal that covers all classes and age-groups. |