In June 2019 it was announced that Sissay had won the 2019 PEN Pinter Prize, awarded to writers who take an "unflinching, unswerving" view of the world, with one of the judging panel, Maureen Freely, saying: "In his every work, Lemn Sissay returns to the underworld he inhabited as an unclaimed child.
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When Lemn was twelve years old, the Greenwoods decided he was too much to handle. The couple now had three young children of their own and asked for Lemn to be removed from their care. Over the next six years, Lemn moved between four different children’s care homes where he experienced physical, emotional, and racial abuse.
Internationally renowned poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay MBE was born in 1967 in Wigan and is now based in Manchester and London.
Lemn Sissay was born on 21 May 1967 in Billinge, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for CBeebies Bedtime Story (2006), The Elevator (2000) and Going Places (2025).
Lemn has excelled in public-facing roles including Trustee of the Manchester International Festival, Fellow and Trustee of the Foundling Museum and his position as official poet of the London 2012 Olympics, to name but a few.
Lemn Sissay is the author of My Name Is Why (4.29 avg rating, 13205 ratings, 1253 reviews, published 2019), Let the Light Pour In (3.68 avg rating, 877 r...