Patricia Glinton-Meicholas


Patricia Glinton-Meicholas is a writer, cultural critic, historian and educator in the Bahamas.

Biography

She was born on Cat Island, Bahamas, and was educated at the University of the West Indies and the University of Miami. She was employed as an administrator at the College of the Bahamas, where she has also been a lecturer and academic dean. The College presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award for culture and literature in 2014.
She was the first woman to present the Sir Lynden Pindling Memorial Lecture, the first winner of the Bahamas Cacique Award for Writing and, in 1998, received the Silver Jubilee of Independence Medal for Literature. Her poetry has appeared in various journals and she is included in the Anthology of Caribbean Poetry published by the Government of Guyana. Her poetry collection Chasing Light was a finalist in the 2012 International Proverse Prize Competition sponsored by Proverse Publishing Hong Kong.
She co-founded the Bahamas Association for Cultural Studies and has edited its journal Yinna. She has written and directed six television historical documentaries for the Bahamas National Trust. She has written several academic papers and published a monograph on Bahamian folktales.
Glinton-Meicholas is married to Neko Meicholas and has one son.

Selected works