Marjorie Thorpe

#bocas2026

Biography

Marjorie Thorpe, is a former Campus and University Dean of the Faculty of Arts and General Studies at UWI, St. Augustine. From 1988 to 1992 she was Trinidad and Tobago’s ambassador to the United Nations. She was the Overall Vice-Chair of the OCM Bocas Prize from 2011 – 2016.

Years Attended

2011, 2011 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2012, 2012 Adult's Festival Participant, 2013, 2013 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2014, 2014 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015, 2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016 Poetry Slam Participant

Marjorie Thorpe

Speaker
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Marjorie Thorpe
2016
National Poetry Slam Finals
Festival Programme, Poetry Slam, Say It Loud Event
Competition Event
Event Date:
NAPA
2016
Celebrating the 2016 OCM Bocas Prize winners
Awards, Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2015
OCM Bocas Prize: Celebrating the 2015 winners
Awards, Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Awards Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2014
Celebrating the 2014 winners
Festival Programme, OCM Bocas Prize Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2013
Celebrating the 2013 winners
Festival Programme, OCM Bocas Prize Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2012
Celebrating the 2012 winners
Festival Programme, OCM Bocas Prize Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2011
The lives of others: the privileges and perils of biography
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
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