Evan Jones (writer)
Jamaican poet, playwright and screenwriter (1927–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Evan Gordon Newton Jones (29 December 1927 – 18 April 2023) was a Jamaican poet, playwright and screenwriter based in the United Kingdom. He was educated in Jamaica, the United States and England. Jones taught at schools in the United States before moving to England in 1956 and beginning a career as a writer.
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Born | Evan Gordon Newton Jones (1927-12-29)29 December 1927 Portland, Jamaica |
Died | 18 April 2023(2023-04-18) (aged 95) England |
Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, poet |
Language | English |
Nationality | Jamaican |
Citizenship | British |
Education | Munro College, Jamaica; Haverford College, Pennsylvania, US |
Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
Genre | Television drama, screenplays, poetry |
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Notable awards | Martin Luther King Award |
Spouse | Joanna Jones[1] |
Children | Melissa,[1] Sadie[2] |
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Jones wrote the scripts for the feature films King and Country (1964), Modesty Blaise (1966), Funeral in Berlin (1966), Wake in Fright (1971), and several television plays.