19Jul/17

Hari Kunzru

19 July 2017Fiction, Profiles, WritersHari Kunzruadmin

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

Kwame Kwei-Armah

18 July 2017Drama, Profiles, WritersKwame Kwei-Armahadmin

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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18Jul/17

Linton Kwesi Johnson

18 July 2017Performance, Poetry, Profiles, WritersLinton Kwesi Johnsonadmin

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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18Jul/17

Andrea Levy

18 July 2017Fiction, Profiles, WritersAndrea Levyadmin

Andrea Levy was born in London in 1956, and describes herself as ‘a Londoner.’ Her parents were from Jamaica: her father came to England on the Empire Windrush in 1948.
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18Jul/17

Gautam Malkani

18 July 2017Fiction, Profiles, WritersGautam Malkaniadmin

A journalist at The Financial Times by day, Gautam Malkani is the author of the highly-anticipated Londonstani. Born to a Ugandan mother of Indian descent […]
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18Jul/17

Kei Miller

18 July 2017Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Profiles, WritersKei Milleradmin

Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1978, Kei Miller FRSL is an essayist, poet, and fiction author best known for his collections of poems and essays.
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17Jul/17

Nadifa Mohamed

17 July 2017Fiction, Profiles, WritersNadifa Mohamedadmin

Nadifa Mohamed was born in Hargeisa, Somaliland, in 1981 and moved to London in 1986 – a move that was initially intended as temporary but became permanent…
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16Jul/17

Daljit Nagra

16 July 2017Poetry, Profiles, WritersDaljit Nagraadmin

Born in London to Sikh Punjabi immigrants, the poet Daljit Nagra (1966– ) draws influence from both his British and Punjabi identities in his award-winning work.
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16Jul/17

V. S. Naipaul

16 July 2017Fiction, Non-fiction, Profiles, WritersV. S. Naipauladmin

V. S. Naipaul was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad in 1932. The grandson of indentured labourers brought over from India to work on the Trinidad sugar plantations…
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15Jul/17

Courttia Newland

15 July 2017Drama, Fiction, Profiles, WritersCourttia Newlandadmin

Courttia Newland is a novelist and playwright, born in 1973 in London to parents of West Indian heritage. Newland published his first novel, The Scholar, in 1997.
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