Trinidadian publisher, writer and poet, and political activist (1927–2006)
John La Rose
Born
John Anthony La Rose
(1927-12-27)27 December 1927
Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Died
28 February 2006(2006-02-28) (aged 78)
London, United Kingdom
Education
St. Mary's College
Occupation(s)
Political and cultural activist poet, writer, publisher
Known for
Founder of New Beacon Books (1966–his death); founding chair of George Padmore Institute
Spouse(s)
Irma Hilaire (first wife, m. 1954),[1][2] Sarah White (partner)
Children
3
John La Rose (27 December 1927 – 28 February 2006) was a political and cultural activist, poet, writer, publisher, founder in 1966 of New Beacon Books, the first specialist Caribbean publishing company in Britain, and subsequently Chairman of the George Padmore Institute. He was originally from Trinidad and Tobago but was involved in the struggle for political independence and cultural and social change in the Caribbean in the 1940s and 1950s and later in Britain, the rest of Europe and the Third World.
^Moffat, Chris (2018). "Against 'Cultures of Hiatus': History and the Archive in the Political Thought of John La Rose" (PDF). Small Axe (55): 39–54. doi:10.1215/07990537-4378912. S2CID 149768834. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^"We say Farewell to Irma La Rose". George Padmore Institute. 12 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020.
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