H. G. de Lisser

Herbert George de Lisser (9 December 1878 – 19 May 1944) was a Jamaican journalist and author. He has been described as 'one of the most conspicuous figures in the history of West Indian literature'.

Early life and education H. G. de Lisser was born on 9 December 1878 in Falmouth, Trelawny Parish, Jamaica, to parents of Afro-Jewish descent; and attended the Collegiate School in Kingston.

Other activities and honours De Lisser devoted much time and effort to the revival of the Jamaican sugar industry and represented Jamaica at a number of sugar conferences around the world. He was also general secretary of the Jamaica Imperial Association, honorary president of the Jamaica Press Association, and chairman of the West Indian section of the Empire Press Union.

He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1920 New Year Honours.

Selected bibliography In Jamaica and Cuba (1910), Kingston: Gleaner Co. Jane: A Story of Jamaica (1913), Kingston: Gleaner Co. Twentieth Century Jamaica (1913), Kingston, Jamaica Times. Jane's Career: A Story of Jamaica (1914), London: Methuen. Susan Proudleigh (1915), London: Methuen. Jamaica and the Great War (1917), Kingston: Gleaner Co. Triumphant Squalitone: A Tropical Extravaganza (1917), Kingston: Gleaner Co. Revenge: A Tale of Old Jamaica (1919), Kingston: Gleaner Co. The White Witch of Rosehall (1929), London: E. Benn. (Originally published in Planters' Punch) Under the Sun: A Jamaican Comedy (1937), London: E. Benn. Psyche (1952), London: E. Benn. Morgan's Daughter (1953), London: E. Benn. The Cup and the Lip (1956), London: E. Benn. The Arawak Girl (1958), Kingston: Pioneer Press.

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