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Benjamin Zephaniah
(Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah)
(1958 - 2023)Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah was a British Rastafarian writer and dub poet. He was a well-known figure in contemporary English literature, and was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.
He turned down an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2003, writing in The Guardian, "I thought, OBE me? Up yours ..."
He turned down an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2003, writing in The Guardian, "I thought, OBE me? Up yours ..."
Genres: Children's Fiction
Novels
Collections
Pen Rhythm (poems) (1983)
The Dread Affair (poems) (1985)
Talking Turkeys (poems) (1994)
Propa Propaganda (poems) (1996)
Funky Chickens (poems) (1996)
City Psalms (poems) (1997)
School's Out (poems) (1997)
Funky Turkeys (poems) (1999)
Wicked World! (poems) (2000)
The Little Book of Vegan Poems (poems) (2001)
Too Black, Too Strong (poems) (2001)
We Are Britain (poems) (2002)
Soul Feathers (poems) (2011) (with others)
When I Grow Up (poems) (2011)
The Dread Affair (poems) (1985)
Talking Turkeys (poems) (1994)
Propa Propaganda (poems) (1996)
Funky Chickens (poems) (1996)
City Psalms (poems) (1997)
School's Out (poems) (1997)
Funky Turkeys (poems) (1999)
Wicked World! (poems) (2000)
The Little Book of Vegan Poems (poems) (2001)
Too Black, Too Strong (poems) (2001)
We Are Britain (poems) (2002)
Soul Feathers (poems) (2011) (with others)
When I Grow Up (poems) (2011)
Anthologies edited
Series contributed to
Picture Books show
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Benjamin Zephaniah
IC3 (2021)
The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain
edited by
Courttia Newland and Kadija Sesay
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Open Water (2021)
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