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Years active. 1978–present. Linton Kwesi Johnson OD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series.
Linton Kwesi Johnson es un poeta, músico y activista jamaicano nacido en Chapelton el 24 de agosto de 1952. Es considerado como el padre de la llamada «poesía dub», que se refiere a los poetas que musican sus poemas en torno a la música dub. Su estilo personal y reivindicativo influirá en la gestación del rap y de la cultura hip hop.
Kwesi-Johnson is a poet writing against the grand (white) traditions by using the repressed language of Britain's Black working class. For some, it is the familiar dialect of their community, for others it can seem estranging and harsh.
- Chapelton, Jamaica
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd, Penguin Group (UK)
4 de may. de 2023 · Linton Kwesi Johnson: ‘We were the rebel generation’. The Jamaican-born poet/activist on Britain’s imperialist mentality and his five-decade search for ‘this elusive thing called poetry’....
- Franklin Nelson
Welcome to the official website of Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ), world-renowned reggae poet and recording artist. As well as information on LKJ himself, here’s the place to find out about LKJ Records, Johnson’s record label, and the artists on it; and purchase music and books from the LKJ shop.
In 2002 Linton Kwesi Johnson became only the second living poet and the first black poet to have his work published in Penguin’s Modern Classics series, under the title Mi Revalueshanary Fren. The BBC made a TV programme about LKJ’s poetry, shown in their Profile series on BBC 4.
Linton Kwesi Johnson’s Favourite Poetry Saying: “Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon.”. – Linton Kwesi Johnson. Linton Kwesi Johnson has generously given the Poetry Archive permission to use these recordings taken from his CD LKJ A Cappella Live, which includes previously unpublished works.
