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Jamaican-British Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson Shares 2020 Literature Prize with Amanuel Asrat
This year's winner of the PEN Pinter Prize, Linton Kwesi Johnson, has awarded the 'International Writer of Courage' honour to Eritrean writer, Amanuel...
Veteran Jamaican-British poet Linton Kwesi Johnson has been awarded this year’s PEN Pinter Prize with the judges having described him as a writer “whose impact on the…
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Johnson subsequently announced that he was sharing the prize with Eritrean writer and journalist Amanuel Asratand awarding him with the…
Johnson says this is an act of solidarity for Asrat who is still believed to be in a maximum prison following his arrest in…