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Dec 21, 2020
Zee Edgell
Preeminent Belizean author, Zee Edgell has passed away at age eighty, following a battle with cancer. Edgell penned four novels, including Beka Lamb and In Times Like These, as well as five short stories set in Belize. Zee Edgell received an honorary doctorate in literature from the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados in 2009. In 2007, she received an MBE from Queen Elizabeth II, for her contribution to literature and the community. She was also the founder of The Reporter Newspaper in 1967. Zee Edgell is the elder sibling of former House Speaker Laura Tucker-Longsworth and mother of journalist Holly Edgell.
We are saddened by the news, reported yesterday (December 20, 2020) in
Belize News, that rеnоwnеd Веlіzеаn аuthоr Zее Еdgеll, born Zelma I. Tucker in 1940, has died at the аgе оf 80, аt hеr hоmе іn Ѕt. Lоuіѕ, Міѕѕоurі, after a long bаttle with саnсеr.
Zee Edgell taught at Kent State University from 1993 until 2009. She is the author of novels such as
Beka Lamb (1982
The Festival of San Joaquin (1997), and
Time and the River (2007).
We extend our warmest condolences to her family, friends, and readers around the world whose lives were touched by her work.