Lemn Sissay
Stephen Sackur speaks to Lemn Sissay, poet and playwright, whose writing and performances lay bare his own intimate wounds. How has he discovered his remarkable poetic voice?
HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to Lemn Sissay, poet and playwright. It's dangerous to generalise about the human impulse to create art, but it does often seem to be linked to the experience of dark and painful places. Lemn Sissay is a renowned poet and playwright whose writing and performances lay bare his own intimate wounds. He was abandoned as a baby, rejected by his foster family and abused in public institutions of care. He has since been on a quest to understand his past and piece together his identity. Along the way how did he find a remarkable poetic voice?
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Poet Lemn Sissay: Live in the present
Duration: 03:39
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Stephen Sackur |
Interviewed Guest | Lemn Sissay |
Broadcasts
- Wed 6 Dec 2017 04:30GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News except UK & UK HD
- Wed 6 Dec 2017 09:30GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News except UK & UK HD
- Wed 6 Dec 2017 15:30GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News except UK & UK HD
- Wed 6 Dec 2017 20:30GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News except UK & UK HD
- Mon 28 May 2018 03:30GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News except UK & UK HD
- Mon 28 May 2018 08:30GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News except UK & UK HD
- Mon 28 May 2018 14:30GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News except UK & UK HD
- Mon 28 May 2018 19:30GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News except UK & UK HD