Seni Seneviratne

Seni Seneviratne is a British poet and writer born in 1951 in Leeds, Yorkshire, to an English mother and Sri Lankan father. She has published four acclaimed poetry collections with Peepal Tree Press: Wild Cinnamon and Winter Skin (2007), The Heart of It (2012), Unknown Soldier (2019, Poetry Book Society Recommendation and Forward Prize highly commended), and The Go-Away Bird (2023). A fellow of The Complete Works poet development program, she is known for poetry addressing migration, war, mixed heritage, and activism, with performances blending poetry and song.Seni Seneviratne website, Poetry Archive, Sunday Salon