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Griffin Poetry Prize · 2019 · ShortlistRathbones Folio Prize · 2019 · WinnerRathbones Folio Prize · 2018 · ShortlistRathbones Folio Prize · 2017 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Griffin Poetry Prize | 2019 | Shortlist |
| Rathbones Folio Prize | 2019 | Winner |
| Rathbones Folio Prize | 2018 | Shortlist |
| Rathbones Folio Prize | 2017 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Raymond Antrobus's debut full poetry collection explores deafness, grief for his father, and the intersecting identities of being Black and British and d/Deaf. Named after a pub in Hackney where his Jamaican-born father drank, the collection won the Rathbones Folio Prize in 2019 and the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry.
About the Author
Raymond Antrobus is a British-Jamaican poet born in 1986 in Hackney, East London. He is deaf and has been open about his experience of growing up d/Deaf in a hearing world. He studied at Goldsmiths, University of London, and is one of the co-founders of the poetry night Chill Pill. Read more →
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