Erna Brodber

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Biography

Erna Brodber, activist, scholar, and writer is a 2017 winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize. She has also won a Prince Claus Award (2006), Jamaica’s Musgrave Medal (1999), and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (1989). Her latest novel is Nothing’s Mat (2014).

Awards

2017 Windham-Campbell Prize Winner, Windham-Campbell Prize

Years Attended

2012, 2012 Adult's Festival Participant, 2018, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Featured Speaker

Erna Brodber

Author

Jamaica

Events Featuring Erna Brodber

2025

Take Two: Jason Allen-Paisant and Erna Brodber

Festival Programme Event

Fiction, Nonfiction, Take Two Event

Event Date: May 3, 2025 @ 10:00 am

Old Fire Station

2018

Windham Campbell Prizes Present: Erna Brodber

Festival Programme, Words Alive Event

Discussion Event

Event Date:

Old Fire Station

2012

Erna Brodber and Karen Lord

Festival Programme Event

Readings Event

Event Date:

Old Fire Station