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Dean Atta

Contains 1 collection item, 8 performances, 9 in total. Currently showing 9 in total.

Dean Atta is a poet from London, UK. 

His debut collection, I Am Nobody’s Nigger, published by the Westbourne Press, was shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize. 

He was named as one of the most influential LGBT people in the UK by the Independent on Sunday Pink List and featured in Out News Global Pride Power List. 

He has performed across the UK and internationally at the Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean (Italy), CrossKultur (Germany), Ordspark (Sweden) PuSh Festival (Canada) and Word N Sound (South Africa). 

He is Guest Artistic Director of New Writing South and Writer in Residence with Creative Future, as well as a member of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen and Point Blank Poets. 

He has been commissioned to write poems for BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service, Dazed & Confused, Keats House Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. 

Taken from https://sites.google.com/site/deanatta/about

  • Audio recording of A Slam Too Far

    Audio recording of A Slam Too Far

    15 August 2008
    Minidisc recording of A Slam Too Far at The Albany, featuring Jacob Sam-La Rose, Dean Atta and slammers.
  • A Slam Too Far

    A Slam Too Far

    15 August 2008 at 
    Albany (London - Lewisham) (80)
  • The Word's a Stage

    The Word's a Stage

    12 June 2009 at 
    Albany (London - Lewisham) (80)
  • Ecstasies (Part of Pink Lime)

    Ecstasies (Part of Pink Lime)

    29 May 2014 at 
    Water Bar (Brighton) (1)
  • Spokes: Amaze!

    Spokes: Amaze!

    6 July 2014 at 
    Bike Shed (Exeter) (40)
  • Spoke: Word Cup 2014 Slam Final

    Spoke: Word Cup 2014 Slam Final

    12 July 2014 at 
    Stratford Circus (1)
  • Hit the Ode

    Hit the Ode

    17 March 2016 at 
    Victoria (Birmingham) (51)
  • Queer'Say

    Queer'Say

    22 May 2016 at 
    Tate Modern (7)
  • 100 Thousand Poets for Change with Dean Atta

    100 Thousand Poets for Change with Dean Atta

    24 September 2016 at 
    Thrive Café (Totnes) (2)
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