Casualties: Poems, 1966-68
Clark, John Pepper
Longmans (1970)
In Collection
#3134
0*
Poet
Hardcover 0582640628
eng
Product Details
LoC Classification PR6053.L3C3 1970b
Dewey 821
Nationality African
Cover Price $20.00
No. of Pages 72
Height x Width 7.9  inch
First Edition Yes
Personal Details
Read It Yes
Links Amazon US
Amazon Canada
Amazon UK
User Defined
Conflict African Wars
Notes
Casualties: Poems 1966-68 (1970), which illustrate the horrendous events of the Nigeria-Biafra war;

Born to Ijaw parents, Clark received his early education at the Native Administration School and the prestigious Government College in Ughelli, and his BA degree in English at the University of Ibadan, where he edited various magazines, including the Beacon and The Horn. Upon graduation from Ibadan in 1960, he worked as an information officer in the Ministry of Information, in the old Western Region of Nigeria, as features editor of the Daily Express, and as a research fellow at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. He served for several years as a professor of English at the University of Lagos, a position from which he retired in 1980. In 1982, along with his wife Ebun Odutola (a professor and former director of the Centre for Cultural Studies at the University of Lagos), he founded the Pec Repertory Theatre in Lagos. A widely travelled man, JP Clark has, since his retirement, held visiting professorial appointments at several institutions of higher learning, including Yale and Wesleyan University in the United States.