Divisible by Itself and One

A winning wielder of words * Observer *
Tempest has forged their own voice, unlike anything else in the mainstream poetry world * Independent on Sunday *
One of the brightest British talents around * Guardian *
[Tempest] has made history, transcending the line between poetry and music * The Telegraph *
‘Like the great Philip Larkin, Tempest has an ability to write about big, metaphysical subjects in the most vernacular language, while conjuring a sense of contemporary English life with a handful of chiselled lines … shuttles easily back and forth between the mundane and the mythic, the banal and philosophical’ * The New York Times *
Dazzling wordsmithery… As anyone who has seen them perform will know, they don’t just paint pictures with words when they perform, they paint fireworks in the night sky * Metro *
Tempest’s lyricism is inherently musical … the cadence conveys the confidence of a writer who not only knows exactly what they wish to articulate, but more importantly, how to articulate it’ * Poetry London *

Kae Tempest is a poet. They are also a writer, a lyricist, a performer and a recording artist. They have published plays, poems, a novel and a book-length essay, released albums and toured extensively, selling out shows from Reykjavik to Rio de Janeiro. They received Mercury Music Prize nominations for both of the albums Everybody Down and Let Them Eat Chaos, and two Ivor Novello nominations for their song-writing on The Book of Traps and Lessons. They were named a Next Generation Poet in 2014, a once-in-a-decade accolade. Tempest also received the Ted Hughes Award for their long-form narrative poem Brand New Ancients and the Leone D’Argento at the Venice Teatro Biennale for their work as a playwright. Their books have been translated into eleven languages and published to critical acclaim around the world. They were born in London in 1985, where they still live. They hope to continue putting words together for a long time.

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