![]() ![]() ![]() For The Black Flamingo, Atta was one of two winners of the Stonewall Book Award 2020 in the Children's and Young Adults category. In 2019 Atta's verse novel, The Black Flamingo, was published by Hachette UK. In 2018, Atta served as a judge for the BBC Young Writers Award. His poetry, which often deals with questions of identity and social justice, has been featured on BBC Radio 4, and he has been commissioned to write for museums and galleries including the Keats House Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, London, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. īorn to a Greek mother and Jamaican father, he earned a BA degree (2006) in Philosophy and English from the University of Sussex, where he was president of the African Caribbean Society. In 2012, his poem "I Am Nobody's Nigger", written in response to the use of the racial slur by the murderers of Stephen Lawrence, achieved much social media coverage, and he was profiled in The Guardian. He has been listed by The Independent newspaper as one of the 100 most influential LGBT people in the United Kingdom. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongsand the Black Flamingo is born. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Jason Reynolds, and Kacen Callender. Dean Atta is a British poet of Greek Cypriot and Caribbean descent. The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta Illustrated by Anshika Khullar On sale 5th March 2020 Price: £7. A fierce coming-of-age verse novel about identity and the power of drag, from acclaimed poet and performer Dean Atta. ![]()
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