19Jul/17
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Born in Zanzibar, Tanzania in 1948, Abdulrazak Gurnah is a novelist and academic. He moved to the UK in 1968, in part to escape violence against Zanzibari Arabs…
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19Jul/17
Sarah Howe
The daughter of an English father and Chinese mother, Sarah Howe was born in 1983 in Hong Kong. At the age of seven she moved with her family moved to London.
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19Jul/17
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro left Nagasaki at age five when his family moved to Surrey. Born in 1954, he first visited Japan again over three decades later, and currently lives in London.
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19Jul/17
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson was born in 1952 in Chapelton, a small rural town in Jamaica. He moved to London at the age of 11 to join his mother who had immigrated two years earlier.
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19Jul/17
Anthony Joseph
Anthony Joseph (1966– ) is an unmatched presence in contemporary literature, touted as ‘the leader of the black avant-garde in Britain’ and nominated…
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19Jul/17
Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay Biography Writing Since her first attempt at writing a novel aged twelve – One Person, Two Names – Kay has written a myriad of works for adults and children: twoRead More…
19Jul/17
Mimi Khalvati
Mimi Khalvati was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1944 and moved to the Isle of Wight, England, when she was six years old. She grew up on the Isle of Wight…
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18Jul/17
Hari Kunzru
Born in London to a Kashmiri father and a British mother, Hari Kunzru (1969– ) is a British novelist and journalist. He began his writing career in journalism…
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18Jul/17
Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi Biography Writing From the 1980s, Hanif Kureishi, the British-born, mixed-race Indian/Pakistani and English writer, playwright and filmmaker, has redefined British multiculturalism and what it means to be British. Published inRead More…
18Jul/17
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Kwame Kwei-Armah was born in Hillingdon, London in 1967 to parents from Grenada. He grew up in Southall and observed fraught relationships between the communities…
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