Caleb Femi
Caleb Femi | |
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| Born | 1990 (age 35–36) |
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| Notable work | Poor (2020) |
| Awards | Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection |
| Website | www |
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.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Caleb Femi was born in 1990 in Kano, Nigeria,[1] where he was brought up by his grandmother.[2] When he was seven years old, he moved to join his parents on the North Peckham Estate in London.[3] After leaving school, he studied English at Queen Mary, University of London.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]From 2014 to 2016, Femi taught English at a secondary school in Tottenham.[2]. In 2015, Femi won the Roundhouse Poetry Slam. In 2016, he was chosen as the first young people's laureate for London.[4] On 30 July 2020, he published his debut poetry collection, entitled Poor,[5] which won the Forward Prize's Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection in October 2021.[6]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Femi has so far made and released four short films, serving as writer/director on each:[7]
- And They Knew Light (2017)
- Wishbone (2018)
- Secret Life of Gs (2019)
- Survivor's Guilt (2020)
- Giraffe (2023)[8]
Accolades
[edit | edit source]Femi was named in Dazed magazine's 2021 Dazed100, a list of the next generation shaping youth culture.[9]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Caleb Femi on IMDb
- Bridget Minamore, "Get Up, Stand Up Now: Q&A with poet and director Charles Femi"[permanent dead link], Somerset House, 28 August 2019
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- 1990 births
- Alumni of Queen Mary University of London
- Black British filmmakers
- Black British writers
- Living people
- Nigerian emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Nigerian film directors
- Nigerian photographers
- Nigerian writers
- People from Kano
- People from Peckham
- Writers from the London Borough of Southwark
- Nigerian writer stubs
- African poet stubs