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{{Short description|Bahamian writer, cultural critic, historian and educator}} |
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”’Patricia Glinton-Meicholas”’ (1950-2025) was a Bahamian writer, cultural critic, historian and educator.<ref name=benson>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nGfMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA585 |title=Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English |page=585 |last=Benson |first=Eugene |author2=Conolly, L W |year=2004 |isbn=1134468482}}</ref> She was most known for her books ”Talkin’ Bahamian” and ”How To Be a True-True Bahamian” which became bestsellers in the Bahamas. |
”’Patricia Glinton-Meicholas”’ (1950-2025) was a Bahamian writer, cultural critic, historian and educator.<ref name=benson>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nGfMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA585 |title=Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English |page=585 |last=Benson |first=Eugene |author2=Conolly, L W |year=2004 |isbn=1134468482}}</ref> She was most known for her books ”Talkin’ Bahamian” and ”How To Be a True-True Bahamian” which became bestsellers in the Bahamas. |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Glinton was born in Port Howe, [[Cat Island, Bahamas|Cat Island]]<ref name=”suffrage”>{{cite web |url=http://www.womensuffragebahamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/PatriciaGlintonMeicholasBio.pdf|title=Patricia Glinton-Meicholas|publisher=Women’s Suffrage Bahamas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106130318/http://www.womensuffragebahamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/PatriciaGlintonMeicholasBio.pdf|archive-date=6 Nov 2015}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> on 19 February 1950.<ref>{{Cite web|title=In Memoriam: Patricia Glinton-Meicholas (1950–2025)|url=https://www.bahamianproject.com/2025/04/in-memoriam-patricia-glinton-meicholas/|website=The Bahamian Project|date=2025-04-10|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en-US|last=}}</ref> She was educated at the [[University of the West Indies]] and the [[University of Miami]]. |
Glinton was born in Port Howe, [[Cat Island, Bahamas|Cat Island]]<ref name=”suffrage”>{{cite web |url=http://www.womensuffragebahamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/PatriciaGlintonMeicholasBio.pdf|title=Patricia Glinton-Meicholas|publisher=Women’s Suffrage Bahamas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106130318/http://www.womensuffragebahamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/PatriciaGlintonMeicholasBio.pdf|archive-date=6 Nov 2015}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> on 19 February 1950.<ref>{{Cite web|title=In Memoriam: Patricia Glinton-Meicholas (1950–2025)|url=https://www.bahamianproject.com/2025/04/in-memoriam-patricia-glinton-meicholas/|website=The Bahamian Project|date=2025-04-10|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en-US|last=}}</ref> She was educated at the [[University of the West Indies]] and the [[University of Miami]]. |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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== Awards == |
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The College of the Bahamas presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award for culture and literature in 2014.<ref> |
The College of the Bahamas presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award for culture and literature in 2014.<ref> news Alesha Cadet http://www.tribune242.com/news/2014/apr/23/colour-harmony-cob A Colour Of Harmony At ” , 23 April 2014</ref><ref name=”BW”>Patricia Glinton-Meicholas, [http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/independent-viewpoints-not-of-the-bahamas-weekly/Patricia_Glinton-Meicholas_on_the_2016_Bahamas_Gender_Equality_Referendum49215.shtml “Patricia Glinton-Meicholas on the 2016 Bahamas Gender Equality Referendum”] – biographical note, ”The Bahamas Weekly”, 2 July 2016.</ref> She was was the first winner of the Bahamas Cacique Award for Writing and, in 1998, she received the Silver Jubilee of Independence Medal for Literature.<ref name=”:0″ /> |
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Her poetry collection ”Chasing Light” was a finalist in the 2012 International Proverse Prize Competition sponsored by Proverse Publishing Hong Kong.<ref name=”BW” /> |
Her poetry collection ”Chasing Light” was a finalist in the 2012 International Proverse Prize Competition sponsored by Proverse Publishing Hong Kong.<ref name=”BW” /> |
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Latest revision as of 10:53, 31 January 2026
Bahamian writer, cultural critic, historian and educator
Patricia Laverne (Patti) Glinton-Meicholas (1950-2025) was a Bahamian writer, cultural critic, historian and educator.[1] She was most known for her books Talkin’ Bahamian and How To Be a True-True Bahamian which became bestsellers in the Bahamas.
Early life and education
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Patricia Glinton was born in Port Howe, Cat Island[2] on 19 February 1950.[3] She was educated at the University of the West Indies and the University of Miami.
Glinton was employed as an administrator at the College of the Bahamas,[1] where she was also a lecturer and academic dean.[2]
She co-founded the Bahamas Association for Cultural Studies in 1997 and has edited its journal Yinna.[2] She wrote and directed six television historical documentaries for the Bahamas National Trust. She wrote several academic papers and published a monograph on Bahamian folktales.[2]
She was the first woman to present the Sir Lynden Pindling Memorial Lecture.[4] Her poetry has appeared in various journals and she is included in the Anthology of Caribbean Poetry published by the Government of Guyana.
The College of the Bahamas presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award for culture and literature in 2014.[5][6] She was was the first winner of the Bahamas Cacique Award for Writing and, in 1998, she received the Silver Jubilee of Independence Medal for Literature.[4]
Her poetry collection Chasing Light was a finalist in the 2012 International Proverse Prize Competition sponsored by Proverse Publishing Hong Kong.[6]
Personal life and death
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Glinton-Meicholas was married to Neko Meicholas and the couple had one son.[2]
Some of Patricia Glinton-Meicholas’ works are:[1][2]
- An Evening in Guanima, collected folktales (1993)
- A Shift in the Light, novel
- No Vacancy in Paradise, collected poems
- Robin’s Song, collected poems (2001)
- Chasing Light, collected poems (Proverse Hong Kong, 2013). Proverse Prize Finalist 2012.
- Years of Favour, history of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of The Bahamas, with photographs by Neko Meicholas and Carla Glinton
- Bahamian Art 1492 to 1992, history, with Huggins and Smith
- Talkin’ Bahamian
- More Talkin’ Bahamian
- How To Be a True-True Bahamian
- How to Be a True-True Bahamian 2
- The Sinking of HMBS Flamingo and Its Roots in United States, Cuba and Bahamas Relationships
