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... This form of literature has led to the rise of poets such as Langston Hugh, Robert Frost, William Morris, Wilfred Owens, and Claude McKay. I intend to focus my attention on Jamiacas greatest poet, Claude McKay.
According to Freda Scott Giles, in her article, Claude McKay was Born as Festus Claude McKay on September 15, 1890 in Sunnyville, Clarendon, Jamiaca West Indies, to Thomas Francis McKay and Ann Elizabeth Edwards. The youngest of eleven children, Mckay was sent at an early age to live with his older brother (a school teacher), so that he could be given the best education available. An avid reader, McKay began to write poetry at the age of ten.
Wayne Cooper in his book "Claude McKay, Rebel Sojourner in The Harlem Renaissance, A biography" as practical educator in South America, it appeared logical to the youngest poet to learn a craft and become a skilled tradesman.
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