The Ministry of Culture on Wednesday held its annual Edgar Mittelholzer lecture at the Theatre Guild Playhouse in Kingston.
The lecture “Edgar Mittelholzer’s ‘Creative Genes (is) and the Geni (us) Behind it” was presented by Dr Juanita Cox, a University of Birmingham scholar who studied his works intensively. Mittelholzer, a Guyanese, was one of earliest novelists from the West Indies to establish significant readership in Europe. He earned his living almost exclusively from writing fiction and is considered