Archie Lindo (20 January 1908 – 2 April 1990) was a Jamaican photographer, actor, author, playwright, and radio show broadcaster.''The Daily Gleaner''
4 April 1990. He was one of the most successful Jamaican playwrights of the 1940s. His photographs are part of the National Gallery of Jamaica collection. He received the Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica as well as an Order of Distinction from the government. He was also an art critic for ''The Star'' from 1960. Lindo was a member of the Poetry League of Jamaica and was a columnist for '' The Gleaner''. Left in charge of Jamaica's only radio station at the time, ZQI, he broadcast local programming including Louise Bennett and the Jamaica Military Band. The radio station was succeeded by RJR.

Bibliography

*''Under the Skin'', a play *''The Maroon'', a play

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Jamaican dramatists and playwrights Jamaican photographers Jamaican radio presenters 20th-century Jamaican male actors Recipients of the Order of Distinction Jamaican male poets Jamaican journalists Recipients of the Musgrave Medal 1908 births 1990 deaths Place of birth missing Place of death missing 20th-century journalists {{jamaica-bio-stub