Английская Википедия:Harry Baker (poet)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Harry Baker is a British spoken word artist, author and poet.
Early life
Born in Ealing in 1992, Harry Baker grew up as part of a Christian community in west London.[1] After switching from studying medicine to allow his pursuit of poetry,[2] Baker studied mathematics with German at Bristol University.[3][4]
Career
2012 to present
Baker has won the London and UK Slam Poetry Championships.[5] In 2012, he won the World Slam Poetry Competition, becoming the youngest ever winner.[1] His poems are based on feelings and emotions.
In 2014 Baker began performing as a speaker for TED.[4] His talk ‘A love poem for lonely prime numbers’ has over 2 million views.[6][7] A collection of his own poetry, The Sunshine Kid, was published in 2015 by Burning Eye Books.[1] Baker received major national airplay on the BBC in 2015 when he wrote and performed a poem for Simon Mayo's Radio 2 show.[8] On Boxing Day 2016, he performed a Christmas Meditation on BBC Radio 4.[9] He occasionally performs as a battle rapper,[2] featuring on Don't Flop.[10] Together with the jazz guitarist Chris Read, he is half of "Harry and Chris", who have performed on The Russell Howard Hour television programme.[11][12][13]
Bibliography
The Sunshine Kid (2013)
Unashamed (2022)
References
- Английская Википедия
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- 21st-century English poets
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- English spoken word artists
- Writers from Ealing
- 21st-century English male writers
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