Lemn Sissay
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Lemn Sissay is a BAFTA-nominated, award-winning writer and broadcaster. He has authored collections of poetry and plays and his memoir My Name Is Why was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. His Landmark poems are visible in London, Manchester, Huddersfield and Addis Ababa. He has been made an Honorary Doctor by the universities of Manchester, Kent, Essex, Huddersfield and Brunel, and in 2019 he was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize. He received an MBE in 2010 and an OBE in 2021 for services to literature and charity. In 2023, Sissay was awarded the Freedom of the City of London. He is British and Ethiopian.
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Gold from the Stone
New work and old favourites from national treasure Lemn Sissay
Strange Loyalties (Black Thorn)
“I don’t ever remember not wanting to be a poet” – Lemn Sissay delivers an epiphany on poetry and how poetry chooses you.
BBC Radio 6 Music