Caribbean poet Lorna Goodison was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica in 2017. In 2018, she received a Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and in 2019 she was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

'[Goodison] has created a body of enchanting, intelligent and socially aware poetry in the authentic registers of her own tongue.' - Simon Armitage'Goodison superimposes her beloved Jamaica on to Dante’s hell, evoking her country and the wider Caribbean region transformed by colonialism, Christianity and natural disasters. … Structurally faithfulto the original, comparable in scale and inventiveness to Derek Walcott’s Omeros, this is an expert recasting for a different time, place and people: an epoch-making poem.'Kit Fan, The Guardian 'Goodison’s The Inferno is dynamic, punchy, and often funny.'Amanda Perry, The Walrus 'Goodison's Inferno is a stunning and singular achievement.' Lesley Sharpe, The Alchemy Spoon

Caribbean poet Lorna Goodison was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica in 2017. In 2018, she received a Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and in 2019 she was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

'[Goodison] has created a body of enchanting, intelligent and socially aware poetry in the authentic registers of her own tongue.' - Simon Armitage'Goodison superimposes her beloved Jamaica on to Dante’s hell, evoking her country and the wider Caribbean region transformed by colonialism, Christianity and natural disasters. … Structurally faithfulto the original, comparable in scale and inventiveness to Derek Walcott’s Omeros, this is an expert recasting for a different time, place and people: an epoch-making poem.'Kit Fan, The Guardian 'Goodison’s The Inferno is dynamic, punchy, and often funny.'Amanda Perry, The Walrus 'Goodison's Inferno is a stunning and singular achievement.' Lesley Sharpe, The Alchemy Spoon

Caribbean poet Lorna Goodison was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica in 2017. In 2018, she received a Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and in 2019 she was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

'[Goodison] has created a body of enchanting, intelligent and socially aware poetry in the authentic registers of her own tongue.' - Simon Armitage'Goodison superimposes her beloved Jamaica on to Dante’s hell, evoking her country and the wider Caribbean region transformed by colonialism, Christianity and natural disasters. … Structurally faithfulto the original, comparable in scale and inventiveness to Derek Walcott’s Omeros, this is an expert recasting for a different time, place and people: an epoch-making poem.'Kit Fan, The Guardian 'Goodison’s The Inferno is dynamic, punchy, and often funny.'Amanda Perry, The Walrus 'Goodison's Inferno is a stunning and singular achievement.' Lesley Sharpe, The Alchemy Spoon