Benjamin Zephaniah

Broschiertes Buch

Dis Poetry

Selected Poems & Lyrics

Beschreibung

Benjamin Zephaniah (1958-2023) was a writer and performer of extraordinary range. Dis Poetry brings together all the poems from his three Bloodaxe collections, City Psalms, Propa Propaganda and Too Black, Too Strong, as well as some from The Dread Affair, along with previously unpublished work and lyrics from various recordings.

Autor

Benjamin Zephaniah (1958-2023) was a writer and performer of extraordinary range: an oral poet, novelist, playwright, children's writer, reggae artist, actor, television personality and political activist. Born in Birmingham, England, he grew up in Handsworth, where he was sent to an approved school for being uncontrollable, rebellious and 'a born failure', ending up in jail for burglary and affray. After prison he turned from crime to music and poetry. In 1989 he was nominated for Oxford Professor of Poetry, and received honorary doctorates from several English universities, but famously refused to accept a nomination for an OBE in 2003. He appeared in a number of television programmes, including the hit series Peaky Blinders. He was voted Britain's third favourite poet of all time (after T.S. Eliot and John Donne) in a BBC poll in 2009.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9781780377414
• ISBN-10: 178037741X
• Artikelnr.: 71267863