Harry Baker is a British spoken word artist, author and poet.
Harry Baker | |
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Born | London, England, U.K. |
Occupation | poet |
Education | Bristol University |
Notable works | Wonderful (2025) |
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]
Baker is a practicing Christian, and has stated 'Because I try and write from a place of honesty, my faith comes through in the poetry.' Baker has further stated that his Christian faith is part of every aspect of his life. [5] Baker has stated that he views all creativity as being "a worshipful act" [6]
Baker recently performed at the Big Church Festival, the UK's biggest Christian festival. [7]
Baker has won the London and UK Slam Poetry Championships. [8] In 2012, he won the World Slam Poetry Competition, becoming the youngest ever winner.
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. [9] [10] 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. [11] On Boxing Day 2016, he performed a Christmas Meditation on BBC Radio 4. [12] He occasionally performs as a battle rapper, [2] featuring on Don't Flop. [13] Together with the jazz guitarist Chris Read, he is half of "Harry and Chris", who have performed on The Russell Howard Hour television programme. [14] [15] [16]
Baker is well known as an aficionado of wine gums, and has many poems on the topic.
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