John Pepper Clark

John Pepper Clark , also JP Clark or JP Clark-Bekederemo (born April 6, 1935 in Kiagbodo , Nigeria ; † October 13, 2020 ), was a Nigerian writer. He was a poet , playwright and essayist .

Life

After graduating from college, John Pepper Clark studied English at the University of Ibadan , where he founded the student magazine The Horn . After completing his studies, he worked from 1960 to 1962 as a journalist for the Daily Express in Lagos . He gained three years of experience at Princeton University in the USA, which he reported critically in his book America, Their America (1964). He then taught English and drama at a school in Ibadan until he moved to Lagos University as a professor of English literature in 1966. From 1968 to 1972 he was also co-editor of the major magazine Black Orpheus. From 1980 he directed the PEC Repertory Theater in Lagos.

Works (selection)

• Song of a Goat. Mbari Publications, Ibadan 1961 (play).
• Poems. Mbari Publications, Ibadan 1962 (poems).
• Three plays. Song of a Goat, The Raft, Masquerade. Oxford University Press, London a. a. 1964 (plays).
• A reed in the tide. Longmans, London 1965 (poems).
• Ozidi. Oxford University Press, London a. a. 1966 (play).
• Casualties. Poems 1966-68. Longman, London 1970, ISBN 0-582-64058-X (poems).
• The Example of Shakespeare. Longman, London 1970 (essays).
• The Bikoroa Plays. The Boat, The Return, Full Circle. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1985, ISBN 0-19-911106-5 (plays).
• State of the Union. Longman, London 1985, ISBN 0-582-78602-9 (poems).

Web links

• Literature by and about JP (John Pepper) Clark-Bekederemo in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Henry Umoru: Edwin Clark loose brother, Professor JP Clark. In: vanguardngr.com. October 13, 2020, accessed on October 14, 2020 .