Everard palmer biography

(Cyril Everard Palmer)

PERSONAL: Born Oct 15, 1930, in Dyestuff, Jamaica; limitation of Cyril (a farmer) and Vida Palmer. Ethnicity: "African Canadian." Education: Mico Training College, teaching credentials, 1955; Lakehead University, B.A., 1973.

ADDRESSES: Home—2590 Argyle Rd., No. 1109, Mississauga, Lake L5B 1V3, Canada.

CAREER: Worked as a teacher schedule Ontario, Canada, in Decennary and 1960s; teacher spontaneous Red Tor, Ontario, 1971–; writer.

WRITINGS:

A Split Vessel (novel), Pioneer Fathom (Kingston, Jamaica), 1960.

JUVENILE FICTION

The Adventures be beaten Jimmy Maxwell, Jamaica Publications Branch, The church of Instruction, 1962.

The Corrupt with picture Silver Lining, illustrated unused Laszlo Acs, Andre Deutsch (London, England), 1966, Pantheon (New Dynasty, NY), 1967.

Big Doc Bitterroot, illustrated overstep Laszlo Acs, Andre Deutsch (London, England), 1970, Bobbs-Merrill (Indianapolis, IN), 1971.

The Daystar Salutes You, illustrated overtake Laszlo Acs, Andre Deutsch (London, England), 1970, Bobbs-Merrill (Indianapolis, IN), 1971.

The Hummingbird People, illustrated by Laszlo Acs, Andre Deutsch (London, England), 1971.

A Cow Alarmed Boy, illustrated by River Gaines, Bobbs-Merrill (Indianapolis, IN), 1971.

The Entreaty of Beppo Tate, illustrated by Laszlo

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Palmer, C(yril) Everard 1930–

Writer

At a Glance…

Selected writings

Sources

C. Everard Palmer wrote a number of books for children, which were published between 1962 and 1981. Nearly all are set in the rural part of Jamaica where Palmer grew up, and depict a slower, more rooted way of life that has long since vanished. Palmer’s works include The Cloud with the Silver Lining and The Hummingbird People. An essay in St. James Guide to Children’s Writers described a typical literary setting in Palmer’s juvenile fiction: “The rise and fall of reputations, the feuds and the power struggles provide the plot dynamics, and each story culminates in a set-piece—a hurricane, a fire, a trial, or some village festivity—which re-affirms the bonds of the community. The stories have strong characterisation, racing narratives, and abundant and colourful detail.”

Palmer was born October 15, 1930, in Kendal, part of the parish of Hanover. Kendal, reached after a four-mile ascent up a hill road, is situated near Green Island and is 130 miles distant from Jamaica’s capital of Kingston. The Palmers, like the other families in the area, were subsistence farmers, and the writer recalled a pastoral childhood in which he rode

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Cyril Palmer

Jamaican writer

Cyril Everard Palmer (15 October 1930 – 16 June 2013) was a Jamaican writer.

Early life

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Palmer was born on 15 October 1930 in Kendal, Hanover. He attended Kendal Elementary School and became a teacher after graduating from the Kingston-based Mico Teachers' College. Before becoming a writer, Palmer worked as a journalist .

Career

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Palmer wrote over fifteen children's books in his lifetime, the last of which being A Time To Say Goodbye (2006).^[1] Primarily set in the Jamaican countryside, his children's book received critical acclaim for their "craftsmanship and sympathetic humour". He also wrote an adult novel titled A Broken Vessel (1960).^[1]

Later years and death

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Palmer emigrated to Canada in 1974, where he remained an active writer and teacher.^[1] He died on 16 June 2013 in Mississauga, Canada, and was survived by his wife and their three children.^[2]

Recognition

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In 1977, for his contributions to Jamaican literature, Palmer was awarded the Certificate of Merit by the Jamaican Reading Association.^[1] The same year, he was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medak for Literature from the Institute of Jamaica. In 1999, Canadian High Commission