John Lyons

Trinidad-born poet, artist and educator

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Born: October 1933
Birthplace: Port of Spain
Occupation: poet
Education: Goldsmiths, University of London(1959–1964)
, Newcastle University(until 1965)

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John Lyons is a Trinidad-born poet, painter, illustrator, educator and curator. He has worked as a theatre designer, exhibition adviser and as a teacher both of visual art and creative writing. As an art critic, he has written essays for catalogues, notably for Denzil Forrester's major touring exhibition Dub Transition, for Jouvert Print Exhibition and Tony Phillips' Jazz and The Twentieth Century.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: John
Family name: Lyons

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