Opal Palmer Adisa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Opal Palmer Adisa
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Nov 6, 1954(1954-11-06)
Age	70
Birthplace	Kingston
Country	Jamaica
Birth City	Kingston Parish
Horoscope	Scorpio

Opal Palmer Adisa Biography

Opal Palmer Adisa is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on November 6, 1954 in Kingston, Kingston Parish, Jamaica.

Adisa was raised ten miles outside Kingston, Jamaica, and attended school in the capital. In 1970 she went to study at Hunter College, New York, and in 1979 moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to pursue an MA in creative writing. As noted by David Katz, “Adisa’s work has been greatly informed by her childhood experience of life on a sugar estate in the Jamaican countryside, where her father worked as a chemist and her mother as a bookkeeper. It was in this setting that young Opal was introduced not only to the art of storytelling, but also, after her parents divorced, to the ceaseless oppression faced by women and the ongoing injustices heaped on the poor. Such formative experiences, coupled with her mother’s efforts to improve the lives of those around her, gave Adisa the desire to “give voice to the voiceless” at an early age.”

Opal Palmer Adisa has two master’s degrees from San Francisco State University, and a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. She has previously taught undergraduate and graduate courses at California College of the Arts, Stanford University, University of Berkeley, and San Francisco State University. From 1993 to 2017, Adisa taught writing and literature, and served as Chair of the Ethnic Studies/Cultural Diversity Program at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. In the spring of 2010, she was visiting professor and editor at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), St. Croix Campus, and for two years she edited The Caribbean Writer, UVI’s famous journal of Caribbean literature. In September 2017, she was appointed to the position of Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica, where she currently resides. In 2018, Dr. Adisa was awarded Professor Emeritus status, in honor of her 25 years of contributions to California College of the Arts and in her field.

Opal Palmer Adisa Net Worth

Opal Palmer Adisa is one of the richest Writer from Jamaica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Opal Palmer Adisa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Opal Palmer Adisa (born 6 November 1954) is a Jamaica-born award-winning poet, novelist, performance artist and educator. Anthologized in more than 400 publications, she has been a regular performer of her work internationally. Professor Emeritus at California College of the Arts, Dr. Adisa is also the current Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica, where she currently resides.

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Marco Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Jamaica. Opal Palmer Adisa celebrates birthday on November 6 of every year.