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Evan Jones
Real Name: Evan Gordon Newton Jones
Jamaican poet, playwright and screenwriter
Born: 28th June 1927 Hector's River, Portland, Jamaica
Died: 18th April 2023 England
Best known for his ground-breaking poem The Song Of The Banana Man, which used Jamaican vernacular dialect and screenplays for the films Escape To Victory (1981), King & Country (1964) and Funeral in Berlin (1966).
