Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Lemn Sissay is an award-winning writer and popular broadcaster as well as being the author of five poetry books. He was made an Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Huddersfield and the University of Manchester. He was awarded an MBE by the Queen for services to literature. He was the official poet for the London 2012 Olympics. He has worked throughout the world and is patron of the Letterbox Club, supporting children in care. His Landmark poems can be found in London, Manchester, Huddersfield and Addis Ababa. In 2015 he was appointed Chancellor of the University of Manchester. He is British and Ethiopian.
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<p>His poems are the songs of the street, declamatory, imaginative,<br />hard-hitting: about mothers, supermarkets, dreams of Africa, getting<br />picked up by police for being black. . . mocking the limitations of the<br />mocker</p>
- Ruth Padel, * Independent on Sunday *
He's a lyrical genius that's causing a storm across the country.
* The Voice *
Striking style. . . One high point of his collection is 'Love Poem' - possibly the most poignant eleven words ever written.
* Buzz *
Fierce, funny, serious, satirical, streetwise and tender
* The Big Issue *
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Lemn Sissay is an award-winning writer and popular broadcaster as well as being the author of five poetry books. He was made an Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Huddersfield and the University of Manchester. He was awarded an MBE by the Queen for services to literature. He was the official poet for the London 2012 Olympics. He has worked throughout the world and is patron of the Letterbox Club, supporting children in care. His Landmark poems can be found in London, Manchester, Huddersfield and Addis Ababa. In 2015 he was appointed Chancellor of the University of Manchester. He is British and Ethiopian.
@lemnsissay | lemnsissay.com