Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 1952 in Chapelton, Jamaica) is a Brixton-based poet, musician and activist widely credited with inventing dub poetry - spoken verse in Jamaican patois set against reggae rhythms, developed in close collaboration with producer Dennis Bovell. In 2002 he became the first Black poet, and only the second living poet, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series, placing him alongside Yeats and Betjeman in a canon that had long excluded voices like his.
Picador published 'Time Come: Selected Prose', Johnson's first collection of non-fiction, gathering essays, lectures and reviews spanning five decades (1976-2021).
Johnson was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of the West Indies.
Johnson received the PEN Pinter Prize, awarded to writers who show an unflinching commitment to political expression and freedom of speech.
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concert20:00Legendary poet and musician Linton Kwesi Johnson performs alongside Trollkarlen and Österlen Dub Factory at this reggae night at Mejeriet in Lund.
concert20:00Reggae night with Linton Kwesi Johnson, Trollkarlen, and other performers at Solhällan.