7 June 1927 — 13 December 1997
Martin Wylde Carter was born on 7 June 1927 in Georgetown, British Guiana. He was educated at Queen's College.
Carter is widely regarded as the greatest Guyanese poet and one of the most important poets of the Caribbean region. His collection Poems of Resistance from British Guiana, published in 1954, was written partly while he was detained by colonial authorities for his political activism in the independence movement. He served as Minister of Information and Culture following Guyana's independence. He was also a senior figure in the People's Progressive Party in its early years.
Carter received the Order of Roraima, Guyana's second-highest national honour, in 1994. His poetry continues to be studied and celebrated as a cornerstone of Caribbean literature. He passed away on 13 December 1997 in Georgetown.
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