Lemn Sissay

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lemn Sissay
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	May 21, 1967(1967-05-21)
Age	57
Birthplace	Higher End
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Lemn Sissay Biography

Lemn Sissay is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on May 21, 1967 in Higher End, England, United Kingdom. Sissay’s mother came to England after a journey from Ethiopia during the year 1966. She was pregnant at the time, and she was transferred by Bracknell to a facility for mothers without children in Lancashire to deliver her child. Sissay was born at Billinge Hospital, near Wigan, Lancashire, in 1967. Norman Goldthorpe, a social worker who was assigned to his mom through Wigan Social Services, found foster parents for Sissay as his mother returned to Bracknell to complete her studies.

In 2007 Sissay was appointed an artist-in residence at Southbank Centre in London. Southbank Centre. The poet was named the official one for at the 2012 London Olympics He has collaborated on behalf of on behalf of the British Council and is a patron of the Letterbox Club, supporting children in foster care. His work has been showcased on the Royal Academy and the British Film Institute. Sissay was appointed an Honorary Doctor from the University of Huddersfield in 2009 and was made an honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Year of the New Year Honours. In 2014, Sissay was made an honorary Fellow in the Foundling Museum.

Before we get to know each other
And sing for tomorrow
And unearth yesterday
So that we can prepare our joint grave
You should know that I have no family,
Neither disowned nor distanced – none.
No birthdays nor Christmas,
No telephone calls. It’s been that way
Since birth for what it’s worth
No next of skin.

In June 2015, Sissay was elected as chancellor of the University of Manchester for a seven-year term by university staff, registered alumni and members of the General Assembly. He took up his new role on 1 August, with an installation ceremony held on Foundation Day at the university on 14 October 2015, at which he said: “Reach for the top of the tree and you may get to the first branch but reach for the stars and you’ll get to the top of the tree. My primary aim is to inspire and be inspired. I am proud to be Chancellor of this fantastic university and extremely grateful to everyone who voted for me.” In the same month, Sissay was the castaway on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.

Sissay published his first book with poetry back in 1988, at the age of 21 and from the age of 24 he’s been writing full-time and performer on stage internationally. The year 1995 was the time he produced his BBC documentaries Internal Flight about his life. The 2005 drama Something Dark deals with his search for his family and was made into a adapted version for BBC Radio 3 in 2006 and was awarded the British Commission on Racial Equity’s Race in the Media Award (RIMA).

Lemn Sissay Net Worth

Lemn Sissay is one of the richest Writer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lemn Sissay 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lemn Sissay, MBE (born 21st May 1967) is a famous English broadcaster and author. Sissay has been the poetry official for at the 2012 London Olympics and has been the chancellor at the University of Manchester since 2015 and has joined the board trustees in the year following after having been previously named as one members of its fellows. He was presented with this year’s PEN Pinter Prize. He has written a variety of plays and books.

Between the age of 12 and 17, Sissay was held in 4 children’s homes. There was no surrogate family and no birth families, after being released from the care system, the child was presented with the birth certificate that showed names of both his mother’s name, Yemarshet Sissay, and his legal name, which was Lemn Sissay. The certificate also included the letter in his file that was written in 1968 from his mom and addressed to Norman Goldthorpe, pleading for his return. He wrote “How can I get Lemn back? I want him to be with his own people, his own colour. I don’t want him to face discrimination.” When he left his care, he began to hunt for his mother. He adopted his real name.

Sissay’s television appearances include The South Bank Show and the BBC’s series Grumpy Old Men. As a radio broadcaster he makes documentaries for the BBC. He is a regular contributor on BBC Radio 4’s programme Saturday Live, which in 2008 was nominated for two Sony Awards. He also contributes to the BBC’s Book Panel.

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Who is Lemn Sissay Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Lemn Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Lemn Sissay celebrates birthday on May 21 of every year.

Did Lemn Sissay ever meet his mother?

Sissay met his birth mother when he was 21 , after a long search. She was working for the UN in the Gambia.

Was Lemn Sissay adopted?

Lemn Sissay, poet, performer and chancellor at the University of Manchester, was born in Billings Hospital near St Margaret’s House for pregnant unmarried girls and women in Wigan, Greater Manchester, to an Ethiopian student on 21 May 1967. His mother refused to sign the adoption papers.

How long did Lemn Sissay stay with his foster parents?

“Mrs Greenwood does not think of the boy as a foster child.” But then the Greenwoods grew mistrustful and threw him out when he was 12. For the next five years Lemn lived in four different children’s homes, each more austere and brutal than the last. At 17 he left the care system, alone.

Where is Lemn Sissay from?

Higher End, Orrell, United Kingdom

What is Lemn?

(Lemn means “Why” in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia.) The second was a letter his mother had written to the social worker when Sissay was one, pleading for his return.