Martin Carter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Martin Carter

Guyanese poet

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1927

Place of Birth: Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1997

Profession: poet

Nationality: Guyana

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Martin Wylde Carter (7 June 1927 – 13 December 1997) was a Guyanese poet and political activist.
Widely regarded as the greatest Guyanese poet, and one of the most important poets of the Caribbean region, Carter is best known for his poems of protest, resistance and revolution.
He played an active role in Guyanese politics, particularly in the years leading up Independence in 1966 and those immediately following.
He was famously imprisoned by the British government in Guyana (then British Guiana) in October 1953 under allegations of "spreading dissension", and again in June 1954 for taking part in a PPP procession.
Shortly after being released from prison the first time, he published his best-known poetry collection, Poems of Resistance from British Guiana (1954).