Caleb Femi
Caleb Femi (born 1990) is a Nigerian-British author, film director, photographer, and former young people's laureate for London. His debut poetry collection, Poor, was awarded a Forward Prize for Poetry.
Caleb Femi
- Name
- Caleb Femi
- Born
- 1990
- Birthplace
- Kano, Nigeria
- Occupation
- * Author
- Awards
- Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection
- Nationality
- Nigeria · United Kingdom
- Education
- University of London · Queen Mary University of London
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Caleb Femi (born 1990) is a Nigerian-British author, film director, photographer, and former young people's laureate for London. His debut poetry collection, Poor, was awarded a Forward Prize for Poetry.
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• Name — Caleb Femi • Born — 1990 • Birthplace — Kano, Nigeria • Occupation — * Author • Filmmaker • Photographer • Notable Works — Poor (2020) • Awards — Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection • Website — https: www.calebfemi.com/
Early life
Early life
Caleb Femi was born in 1990 in Kano, Nigeria, where he was brought up by his grandmother. When he was seven years old, he moved to join his parents on the North Peckham Estate in London. After leaving school, he studied English at Queen Mary, University of London.
Career
Career
From 2014 to 2016, Femi taught English at a secondary school in Tottenham. In 2015, Femi won the Roundhouse Poetry Slam. In 2016, he was chosen as the first young people's laureate for London. On 30 July 2020, he published his debut poetry collection, entitled Poor, which won the Forward Prize's Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection in October 2021.
Filmography
Filmography
Femi has so far made and released five short films, serving as writer/director on each: • And They Knew Light (2017) • Wishbone (2018) • Secret Life of Gs (2019) • Survivor's Guilt (2020) • Giraffe (2023)
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Femi was named in Dazed magazine's 2021 Dazed100, a list of the next generation shaping youth culture.
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- 1.McConnell, Justine. Caleb Femi. writers make worlds. 21 July 2017.
- 2.Peirson-Hagger, Ellen. Caleb Femi: 'Poetry is the art of the people'. New Statesman. 28 October 2020.
- 3.Armitstead, Claire. Caleb Femi: 'Henceforth I'm solely preoccupied with being a merchant of joy'. The Guardian. 30 October 2020. 0261-3077.
- 4.Flood, Alison. Poet Caleb Femi named first young people's laureate for London. The Guardian. 3 October 2016.
- 5.Poor by Caleb Femi. The Poetry Book Society.
- 6.Bayley, Sian. Kennard, Femi and Sealey win Forward Prizes for Poetry. The Bookseller. 25 October 2021.
- 7.Caleb Femi. IMDb.
- 8.UK Films Database: Giraffe. British Council.
- 9.Dazed. Vote for Caleb Femi on the #Dazed100. 6 April 2017.
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