Peggy Carr (born) is a Vincentian journalist, poet, and diplomat. Now based in Taiwan, she has served as a representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the country.
Carr was born in Saint Vincent around 1955.[1] She grew up in a small rural village and, though her mother worked in the city, she lived on a farm with her grandparents. She began writing poetry at a young age.[2]
As a journalist, Carr worked as an officer for the Agency for Public Information, formerly the Government Information Service, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[3] After visiting Taiwan several times, she moved there in 2000. She has worked in news media there, including as an editor at the Central News Agency.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
In addition to her work as a journalist, Carr served as an unofficial envoy from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Taiwan for many years, before an embassy was formally opened in 2019.[9] [10] [11] Her efforts included helping Vincentian students in Taiwan adjust to the local culture.[12] After the embassy opened, Carr was named a cultural ambassador of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in late 2019.[13]
Carr's poetry has been published in several anthologies including Creation Fire: A CAFRA Anthology of Caribbean Women's Poetry, Caribbean Poetry Now, and the Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse in 2005. Her first solo collection, Echoes from a Lonely Nightwatch, was published in 1989, followed by Fresh Tracks in an Ancient Land in 1996 and Honey and Lime in 2006.[14]
Her first novel, Shape of a Warrior, a work of young adult historical fiction, was published in October 2020 by the Dominica-based Emmanuel Publishing House.[15]
Carr primary writes in English, but her book Honey and Lime also contains a section in Vincentian Creole.
In 2014, her poem "Flight of the Firstborn" was chosen by BBC Radio Scotland to represent Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in its "Poetry Postcards" series.