Birmingham City Council

Young Poet Laureate Birmingham
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Damani Dennisur is Young Poet Laureate for Birmingham 2011-2012.

The announcement was made on National Poetry Day, Thursday 6 October. 14 year old Damani was one of more than 60 young people who applied to be our seventh Young Poet Laureate and is a pupil at Holyhead School. He will be working alongside the adult Birmingham Poet Laureate for 2011-2012, Jan Watts.

NEW! Find out what kind of year Damani is having by reading his blog.

You can also read some of the poems from the other shortlisted candidates for 2011.


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Have a look at the diaries of our previous Young Poets Laureate to find out what kind of events they attended:

Jordan's diary 2010-2011
India's diary 2009-2010
Megan's diary 2008-2009
Matt's diary 2007-2008
Jennifer's diary 2006-2007
Helen's diary 2005-2006

Our previous Young Poets Laureate

Birmingham Young Poet Laureate 2010-2011 Jordan Westcarr
Birmingham Young Poet Laureate 2009-2010 India Miller
Birmingham Young Poet Laureate 2008-2009 Megan Bradbury
Birmingham Young Poet Laureate 2007-2008 Matt Windle
Birmingham Young Poet Laureate 2006-2007 Jennifer Brough
Birmingham Young Poet Laureate 2005-2006 Helen Monks

Launch of the search for Birmingham's Young Poet Laureate

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About the adult Birmingham Poet Laureate
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