Una Marson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Una Marson

Jamaican writer

Date of Birth: 05-May-1905

Place of Birth: Santa Cruz, Jamaica, Jamaica

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1965

Profession: writer, poet, journalist, broadcaster

Nationality: Jamaica

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Una Maud Victoria Marson (6 February 1905 – 6 May 1965) was a Jamaican feminist, activist and writer, producing poems, plays and radio programmes. She travelled to London in 1932 and became the first black woman to be employed by the BBC during World War II.
In 1942 she became producer of the programme Calling the West Indies, turning it into Caribbean Voices, which became an important forum for Caribbean literary work.