Corinth Morter-Lewis

Corinth Morter-Lewis is a lecturer at the University of Belize where she served as President from 2003 to 2007. She was born in Belize City and educated at Ebenezer Primary School, the Belize Technical College, the University of New Brunswick in Canada, Ball State University in the United States, and the University of Alberta, Canada. She holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology as a Chartered Psychologist. Lewis’s writing career began in 1957 when she won her first short story contest sponsored by the then Belize Billboard, and between 1965 and 1996 she received various awards in national poetry contests for her poems “Arise” and “United.” In 1976 Lewis published an anthology of some forty poems in Share My Song. Her poems address a wide range of themes spanning childhood, adolescence and young adulthood. Lewis was a key player in the development of Belize’s National Arts Council during its formative years and was appointed its first Chairperson in 1981.
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