Kwadwo Agymah Kamau is a Barbadian AmericanCarol Brennan, "Kamau, Kwadwo Agymah 1960(?)–". Contemporary Black Biography, 2001. Encyclopedia.com. novelist.
Life A native of Barbados, he moved to New York in 1977. He studied at Virginia Commonwealth University. He graduated from Baruch College of CUNY with a bachelor's degree in finance and a master's degree (1985) in quantitative economics. He served first as a statistician at the New York City Department of Investigation, then as a senior economist at the New York State Department of Taxation & Finance. He studied with Paule Marshall at Virginia Commonwealth University in the MFA program.
His work has appeared in Callaloo, Caribbean Vibes, Gumbo,Marita Golden, E. Lynn Harris (eds), Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing, Harlem Moon/Broadway Books, 2002. InSyte Magazine,Biographical note, 24th Annual Literary Festival. He teaches creative writing at the University of Oklahoma.Department of English, University of Oklahoma.
Awards 2000: Virginia Governor's Award for the Arts nomination 2000: Commonwealth of Virginia/Library of Virginia Literary Award 2000: ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award for Pictures of a Dying Man 2000: Gustavus Myers Book Award, finalist for Pictures of a Dying Man 2003: Whiting Award
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External links Agymah Kamau profile at The Whiting Foundation "Interview With Writer Agymah Kamau, Novelist and former economist with the state of New York", Odeo, Oct 26, 2006