Lennox Honychurch

Lennox Honychurch (born on December 27, 1952) is Dominica's most noted historian and a politician. He is well known for writing 1975's The Dominica Story, the 1980s textbook series The Caribbean People, and the 1991 travel book Dominica: Isle of Adventure. He was largely responsible for compiling the exhibit information for The Dominica Museum in Roseau. Honychurch is the grandson of writer and politician Elma Napier.[1]

Biography

Born in Portsmouth, Dominica, Honychurch attended the St. Mary’s Academy secondary school.[2] He won a scholarship to Oxford University, where he gained a D.Phil at St. Hugh's College.[2]

Work as historian

Honychurch's writing focuses on the history of Dominica and includes The Dominica Story, first published in 1975, Dominica: Isle of Adventure, published in 1991, a three-book series entitled The Caribbean People (1995) and, most recently, Dominica’s Cabrits and Prince Rupert’s Bay (2013).[3]

Political career

Honychurch served as a senator in the House of Assembly of Dominica from 1975 to 1979 as a member of the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP). When the DFP formed the government in 1980 he also served as Press Secretary to The Government of Dominica until 1981.[4]

Awards

On April 9, 2011, Honychurch was awarded the Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence, in the category of Arts and Letters.[5][6]

In 2012, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of the West Indies.[7]

Selected writings

References

  1. Lisa Paravisini, "Elma Napier’s Black and White Sands at the Dominica literary festival", Repeating Islands, August 16, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Lisa Paravisini, "Dominica Times profiles Lennox Honychurch as he wins Sabga Award", Repeating Islands, April 20, 2011.
  3. "Dr. Lennox Honychurch Releases New Book", Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, 28 August 2013.
  4. "About me", lennoxhonychurch.com, accessed June 12, 2008.
  5. Michelle Loubon, "Laureates shine", Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, April 17, 2011.
  6. Ivette Romero, "Dominica’s Lennox Honychurch Receives Award for Excellence", Repeating Islands, April 19, 2011.
  7. "Lennox Honychurch to receive UWI honourary doctorate", Dominica News Onliney, July 30, 2012.

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