Background
Roberts, Walter Adolphe was born on October 15, 1886 in Kingston, Jamaica. Son of Adolphus and Josephine Fannie (Napier) Roberts.
Roberts, Walter Adolphe was born on October 15, 1886 in Kingston, Jamaica. Son of Adolphus and Josephine Fannie (Napier) Roberts.
Educational public schools.
Associate editor National Sunday Magazine, 1911-1913. Associate Paris correspondent Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1914-1916. Editor Ainslee’s Magazine, 1918-1921.
Associate editor Hearst’s International, 1922.
European correspondent Metropolitan Magazine, 1923-1924. Editor Movie Monthly, 1924-1925.
Editor public American Parade (4 volumes), 1925-1926. Editor, The Dance Magazine, 1927-1928, Brief Stories, 1928-1930.
General editor Pioneer Press, Kingston, Jamaica, since 1956.
Founder Jamaica Progressive League New York (president). Chairman of the Board Governors Institute Jamaica, since 1960. Author numerous books, since 1919.
Latest publications: Lands of the Inner Sea, 1948.
Creole Dusk, 1948; The Single Star, 1949. Medallions, 1950; Six Great Jamaicans, 1952.
Havana: The Portrait of a City. 1953; Jamaica: The Portrait of an Island, 1955.
Home: 14 East Saint, Kingston, Jamaica, West.I.
Married Katharine Amelia Hickey, December 6, 1917 (divorced 1923).