Anthony Joseph
A poet, novelist, musician and lecturer described as ‘the leader of the black avant-garde in Britain’.
Main details
Department
English and Creative Writing
Programme
Pathway in Literature of the Caribbean & its Diasporas
Occupation
Poet and musician
Country
United Kingdom
Anthony Joseph is a poet, novelist, musician and lecturer described as ‘the leader of the black avant-garde in Britain’.
His written work and performance occupies a space between surrealism, jazz and the rhythms of Caribbean speech and music. He is the author of four poetry collections and a novel The African Origins of UFOs.
After completing his MA, he was the recipient of an AHRC scholarship for his doctoral thesis, a fictional biography of the Trinidadian calypsonian Lord Kitchener. As a musician and poet Anthony performs internationally, and has released four critically acclaimed albums.
