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Thomas MacDermot
Jamaican poet, novelist, and editor
Thomas MacDermot (26 June 1870[1] – 8 October 1933)[2] was a Jamaican poet, novelist, and editor, editing the Jamaica Times for more than 20 years. He was "probably the first Jamaican writer to assert the claim of the West Indies to a distinctive place within English-speaking culture".[3] He also published under the pseudonym Tom Redcam (derived from his surname spelled in reverse).[4] He was Jamaica's first Poet Laureate.