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Journey through the deaf and hearing world: poems with Raymond Antrobus

31 January 2020 19.30
Add to Calendar31/01/2020 19:3031/01/2020 19:30Europe/LondonJourney through the deaf and hearing world: poems with Raymond Antrobushttps://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk//events/journey-through-deaf-and-hearing-world-poems-raymond-antrobusFrankopan Hall, West Court, Jesus CollegefalseDD/MM/YYYY15Jesus Collegeevent_9476confirmed
Frankopan Hall, West Court, Jesus College

Raymond Antrobus will be coming to the Intellectual Forum to read from 'The Perseverance', which won the 2018 Ted Hughes award and was the first poetry book to win the Rathbone Folio award for best book in any genre. Raymond will talk about his journey through the deaf and hearing world and discuss poems on signed, spoken and written language.

Raymond was born in London, Hackney, to an English mother and Jamaican father. He is the author of 'Shapes & Disfigurements', 'To Sweeten Bitter' and 'The Perseverance'. His other accolades include the Ted Hughes award, PBS Winter Choice, A Sunday Times & The Guardian Poetry Book Of The Year 2018, as well as a shortlist for the Griffin Prize and Forward Prize. In 2018 he was awarded 'The Geoffrey Dearmer Prize', (Judged by Ocean Vuong), for his poem 'Sound Machine'. Also in 2019, his poem ‘Jamaican British’ was added to the GCSE syllabus.

Raymond is a founding member of 'Chill Pill' and 'Keats House Poets Forum' and is an Ambassador for 'The Poetry School'. His poems have been published in POETRY, Poetry Review, New Statesman, The Deaf Poets Society, as well as in anthologies from Bloodaxe, Peepal Tree Press and Nine Arches. His poetry has also appeared on BBC 2, BBC Radio 4, The Big Issue, The Jamaica Gleaner, The Guardian and at TedxEastEnd.

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