Caleb Femi | |
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| Born | 1990 (age 34–35) |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
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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.
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]
From 2014 to 2016, Femi taught English at a secondary school in Tottenham. [2] 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]
Femi has so far made and released four short films, serving as writer/director on each: [7]
Femi was named in Dazed magazine's 2021 Dazed100, a list of the next generation shaping youth culture. [8]
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