Dean Atta

Dean Atta is a British poet of Greek Cypriot and Caribbean descent. He has been listed by The Independent newspaper as one of the 100 most influential LGBT people in the United Kingdom.[1] In 2012, his poem "I Am Nobody's Nigger," written in response to the use of the racial slur by the murderers of Stephen Lawrence, achieved much social media coverage, and he was profiled in The Guardian.[2].

His poetry, which often deals with questions of identity and social justice[3], has been featured on Radio 4, and he has been commissioned to write for museums and galleries including the Keats House Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, Tate Britain and Tate Modern.[4]. In 2018, Atta served as a judge for the BBC Young Writers Award.[5]

Books

  • I Am Nobody's Nigger, Westborne Press, 2013 (shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize)
  • The Black Flamingo

References

  1. ↑ "The IoS Pink List 2012".
  2. ↑ Isaac-Wilson, Stephen (11 January 2012). "Dean Atta: meet the iPhone poet". the Guardian.
  3. ↑ Farnsworth, Stephanie (22 April 2017). "Poetry provides optimism".
  4. ↑ "Dean Atta - Wasafiri Magazine".
  5. ↑ "BBC - The BBC Young Writers' Award 2018 – Listen to the shortlist". BBC.
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