author
Walter Adolphe Roberts
1886–1962
A Jamaican-born writer, journalist, and historian, he moved easily between fiction, poetry, reporting, and public life. His career stretched from New York magazine offices and World War I correspondence to books that explored Jamaica and the wider Caribbean.
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The haunting hand
by Walter Adolphe Roberts
About the author
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1886, Walter Adolphe Roberts grew into one of the island's most versatile literary figures. He worked as a journalist from a young age, later built a career in the United States as an editor and writer, and became known for novels, poems, travel writing, and historical books.
His life was shaped by both literature and current events. During World War I he served as a correspondent in Europe, and over the years he edited several magazines while publishing a substantial body of work of his own. His writing ranged widely, but Jamaica remained a lasting center of interest.
Roberts was also remembered as a public-minded figure who supported Jamaican self-government. He died in London in 1962, the same year Jamaica became independent, leaving behind a body of work that connects Caribbean history, journalism, and imaginative writing.