As per our current Database, Kamau Brathwaite is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Kamau Brathwaite is 93 years, 11 months and 15 days old. Kamau Brathwaite will celebrate 94rd birthday on a Saturday 11th of May 2024. Below we countdown to Kamau Brathwaite upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Kamau Brathwaite |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Age | 93 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 11, 1930 (Barbados) |
| Birthday | May 11 |
| Town/City | Barbados |
| Nationality | Barbados |
Kamau Brathwaite’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Kamau Brathwaite was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
Caribbean poet and academic known for a 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize-winning collection entitled Born to Slow Horses. His scholarly works include History of the Voice and Afternoon of the Status Crow.
He studied at Harrison College, Pembroke College, and Cambridge University and later co-founded the Caribbean Artists Movement.
He began teaching in the Comparative Literature Department at New York University in 1992.
He married his first wife, Doris Monica Wellcome, in 1960; later, he wed Beverley Reid.
He and Canadian author Alden Nowlan were both recipients of Guggenheim Fellowships.
