In 1956 , Wynter met the Guyanese novelist Jan Carew , who became her second husband . In 1958 , she completed '' Under the Sun '' , a full-length stage play , which was bought by the Royal Court Theatre in London . In 1962 , Wynter published her only novel , '' The Hills of Hebron '' . After separating from Carew in the early 1960s , Wynter returned to academia , and in 1963 , was appointed assistant lecturer in Hispanic literature at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies . She remained there until 1974 . During this time the Jamaican government commissioned her to write the play '' 1865 – A Ballad for a Rebellion , '' about the Morant Bay rebellion , and a biography of Sir Alexander Bustamante , the first prime minister of independent Jamaica
Morant Bay rebellion
Morant Bay rebellion
Sylvia Wynter