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Lemn Sissay

Lemn  Sissay

Lemn Sissay

(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1967)
Biography
Lemn Sissay is a poet and a performer. He has published several volumes of poetry, including Rebel Without Applause and Morning Breaks in the Elevator. In his poetry presentations he switches from the funny to the deadly serious, in a dazzling display of vocal and dynamic skills.
His vocal speed has earned him the title of ‘200 words-a-minute-man’.

[Lemn Sissay took part in the Poetry International Festival Rotterdam 2002. This short text was written on that occasion.]
Poems
Poems of Lemn Sissay
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
Veerhuis
VDM
Partners
LantarenVenster – Verhalenhuis Belvédère