For the Irish ophthalmic surgeon, see Henry Rosborough Swanzy.
Henry Swanzy
Born
Henry Valentine Leonard Swanzy
(1915-06-14)14 June 1915
Glanmire Rectory, near Cork, Ireland
Died
19 March 2004(2004-03-19) (aged 88)
Bishop's Stortford, England
Education
Wellington College, Berkshire
Alma mater
New College, Oxford
Occupation
Radio producer
Known for
Producer of BBC programme Caribbean Voices
Henry Swanzy (14 June 1915 – 19 March 2004) was an Anglo-Irish radio producer in Britain's BBC General Overseas Service who is best known for his role in promoting West Indian literature particularly through the programme Caribbean Voices, where in 1946 he took over from Una Marson, the programme's first producer. Swanzy introduced unpublished writers and continued the magazine programme "with energy, critical insight and generosity".[1] It is widely acknowledged that "his influence on the development of Caribbean literature has been tremendous".[2]
^Erika J. Waters, "Interview With John J. M. Figueroa", The Caribbean Writer, 2010, quoting Figueroa's introduction to his anthology Caribbean Voices (Evans Brothers, 1971).
^CaribArts Archived 5 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, May 2004.
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