Cynthia Wilson

{{Short description|Barbadian educator, performer and writer (born 1934)}} '''Cynthia Wilson''' (born 16 June 1934) is a Barbadian educator, performer and writer.<ref name=nehesi>{{cite web |url=http://www.houseofnehesipublish.com/authors/cynthiawilson.html |title=Cynthia Wilson |publisher=House of Nehesi Publishers}}</ref>

== Life and career == Wilson was born in Saint Philip on 16 June 1934, and educated at the University College of the West Indies. She taught English at high schools in Jamaica and Morocco. Wilson returned to Barbados in 1969 and worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Caribbean Tourism Research Centre. In 1973, she helped establish the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts.<ref name=nehesi/> Wilson was a founding member of Stage One Theatre Productions,<ref name=cambridge/> also serving as its president. She has been manager of the Barbados Dance Theatre Company and chair of the Association of Caribbean Theatre Artists. She has produced numerous dance, musical and theater productions and has performed as an actor and as a dancer.<ref name=cambridge>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgeguideto00mart |url-access=registration |title=The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgeguideto00mart/page/157 157] |last=Banham |first=Martin |author2=Hill, Errol |year=1994 |ISBN=0521411394}}</ref> Cynthia Wilson's first book, a collection of short stories entitled ''Same Sea ... Another Wave,'' was published in 2001.<ref name=nehesi/>

== Selected works == * ''Same Sea ... Another Wave'', short stories<ref name=nehesi/> * ''Whispering of the Trees'', novel<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gisbarbados.gov.bb/plugins/p2_news/printarticle.php?p2_articleid=2981 |title=Author's Work Praised |date=December 16, 2009 |publisher=Barbados Government Information Service |access-date=August 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022338/http://www.gisbarbados.gov.bb/plugins/p2_news/printarticle.php?p2_articleid=2981 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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