Dorothea Smartt
Dorothea Smartt (born 1963) is an English-born poet of Barbadian descent.[1]
Biography[]
The daughter of Caribbean immigrants from Barbados, Dorothea Smartt was born in London and grew up there. She earned a BA degree in Social Sciences from South Bank Polytechnic and an MA in Anthropology from Hunter College (CUNY).[2]
Smartt was poet in residence at Brixton Market and attached live artist at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. She has lectured on creative arts at Birkbeck College, University of London, and Leeds University. She has been poetry editor for Sable LitMag[3] and guest writer at Florida International University and Oberlin College. Her work has appeared in various literary journals and anthologies, including Bittersweet (Women's Press, 1998), The Fire People (Payback Press, 1998), Mythic Women/Real Women (Faber, 2000), IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain (2000), A Storm Between Fingers (Flipped Eye, 2007) and New Daughters of Africa (Myriad Editions, 2019).[1][4]
Her multi-media play, Fallout toured primary schools in and around London.[5] Smartt also created and performed the solo work Medusa, which incorporates poetry and visuals.[3]
In 2019 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[4][6]
Selected works[3][]
- Fallout, play (2000)
- Connecting Medium, poetry (Peepal Tree Press, 2001)
- Samboo's Grave/Bilal's Grave, poetry (Peepal Tree Press, 2007)
- Ship Shape, poetry (Peepal Tree Press, 2008)
- Reader, I Married Him & Other Queer Goings-On, poetry (Peepal Tree Press, 2014)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Dorothea Smartt". Poetry International Rotterdam.
- ^ "Dorothea Smartt", Black British Women Writers.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Dorothea Smartt". Writers. British Council - Literature.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Myriad authors awarded at the Royal Society of Literature summer party", Myriad Editions.
- ^ Dorothea Smartt page at Peepal Tree Press.
- ^ "RSL Elects 45 new Fellows and Honorary Fellows", The Royal Society of Literature, 25 June 2019.
External links[]
- "Dorothea Smartt" at Peepal Tree Press
- "Interview with Dorothea Smartt, Brit born Bajan literary activist, live artist & poet", Black Looks, 22 May 2014
- "A Sense of Denial - Dorothea Smartt". YouTube video, 2011
- A small selection of Dorothea Smartt´s poems in audio format, and read by her, is available via The Poetry Archive.
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