Geoffrey Philp

Geoffrey Philp was born in Jamaica. He is the author of seven earlier poetry collections, two books of short stories and two novels, including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize nominated Benjamin, My Son . Philp's poems and short stories are widely published, appearing in Small Axe , World Literature Today , The Caribbean Writer , Wheel and Come Again , The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories , and The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse . In 2022, he was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal for...See more

Geoffrey Philp was born in Jamaica. He is the author of seven earlier poetry collections, two books of short stories and two novels, including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize nominated Benjamin, My Son . Philp's poems and short stories are widely published, appearing in Small Axe , World Literature Today , The Caribbean Writer , Wheel and Come Again , The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories , and The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse . In 2022, he was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal for outstanding merit in literature. See less