Eintou Pearl Springer
Eintou Pearl Springer (formerly Pearl Eintou Springer) (b. Cantaro village, Santa Cruz, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, November 24, 1944) is a poet from Trinidad and Tobago. She is the Poet Laureate of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Her work frequently deals with social issues as well as pride in her African heritage. She recently retired as Director of the National Heritage Library of Trinidad and Tobago having occupied the post since October 1993.
Springer is a devotee of the Orisa religion. She has three children and lives in San Juan, Trinidad. Her daughter Dara Healy is a dancer and a politician in Trinidad, and currently serves as Chairman of the Democratic National Assembly party.
Books
- 1986: Out of the Shadows. London: Karia Press ISBN 0-946918-58-9 (poetry)
- 1987: The Caribbean: the lands and their peoples. London: Macdonald (Previous ed. by Ken Campbell; 1980)
- 1991: Focussed. [S.l.]: Triangle (poetry)
- 1995: The New Aesthetic and the Meaning of Culture in the Caribbean; the dream coming in with the rain : proceedings of the Carifesta V Symposia, Port of Spain, Trinidad, August 1992; editor, Pearl Eintou Springer. Port of Spain, Trinidad: National Carnival Commission
- 2000: Moving Into the Light. Kingston, Jamaica : Ian Randle (poetry)
- 2005: Loving the Skin I'm in. Port of Spain: Lexicon Trinidad (poetry)
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