of the two important writers of recent Jamaican poetry." His collected poems have been published in the book In the Kingdom of Light (2003). Bibliography A prolific writer, Smith authored or co-authored numerous books and articles on theory, on Northern Nigeria, and on the West Indies. The Smith corpus of social science publications, the M.G. Smith Archive, is on-line in www.cifas.us, 26 books, 41 articles, 41 chapters, 21 reviews and 10 unpublished manuscripts of various lengths. Further reading Douglas Hall, A Man Divided: Michael Garfield Smith - Jamaican Poet and Anthropologist 1921 - 1993, The Press UWI Biography series, 1997. Awards Smith was the recipient of numerous awards among which were the Wellcome Medal for Anthropological Research, the Curle Bequest Essay Prize, the Amaury Book Prize from the Royal Anthropological Institute, and honorary degrees from McGill University and the University of the West Indies. In 1972 Jamaica bestowed upon its native son its highest honor, the Order of Merit (OM) and the same year the Institute of Jamaica awarded him their Musgrave Gold Medal. He was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from McGill University, and an honorary Doctor of Literature from the University of the West Indies. References 1921 births 1993 deaths People from Kingston, Jamaica 20th-century Jamaican poets Jamaican male poets University of the West Indies academics Recipients of the Order of Merit (Jamaica) Recipients of the Musgrave Medal 20th-century male writers Jamaican expatriates in Canada Jamaican expatriates in Nigeria Jamaican expatriates in Grenada Jamaican expatriates in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Jamaican expatriates in the United Kingdom Jamaican expatriates in the United States