Literature & Ideas
Distinguished
Marlon James
born 1970
Booker Prize winner for A Brief History of Seven Killings
Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Jamaica Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A Kingston-born novelist who became the first Jamaican to win the Booker Prize, in 2015.
A Brief History of Seven Killings is built around the attempt on Bob Marley's life in 1976 and told through dozens of voices. James has since published the fantasy series that began with Black Leopard, Red Wolf.
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