Benjamin Zephaniah

Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (Birmingham, 15 de abril de 1958 – 7 de dezembro de 2023) foi um escritor, poeta dub e rastafári britânico.^[1] Em 2008, o jornal The Times o incluiu na sua lista dos cinquenta melhores escritores britânicos desde 1945.^[2]

Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah
Nascimento	15 de abril de 1958 Birmingham
Morte	7 de dezembro de 2023 (65 anos)
Cidadania	Reino Unido
Ocupação	ator, poeta, escritor, cantor, dub poet, autobiógrafo, músico
Distinções	honorary doctor of the University of Birmingham honorary doctor of the University of Exeter Honorary Fellow of the British Academy (2022, 2022) doutor honoris causa (2004, The Open University)
Movimento estético	pós-modernismo
Instrumento	voz
Religião	Movimento rastafári
Ideologia política	anarquismo social, republicanismo
Causa da morte	tumor cerebral
Página oficial
https://benjaminzephaniah.com/
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Morte

Zephaniah morreu em 7 de dezembro de 2023, aos 65 anos, devido a um tumor cerebral.^[3]

Livros

Poesia

• Pen Rhythm (1980), Page One, ISBN 978-0907373001
• The Dread Affair: Collected Poems (1985), Arena, ISBN 978-0099392507
• City Psalms (1992), Bloodaxe Books, ISBN 978-1852242305
• Inna Liverpool (1992), AK Press, ISBN 978-1873176757
• Talking Turkeys (1994), Puffin Books, ISBN 978-0140363302
• Propa Propaganda (1996), Bloodaxe Books, ISBN 978-1852243722
• Funky Chickens (1997), Puffin, ISBN 978-0140379457
• School's Out: Poems Not for School (1997), AK Press, ISBN 978-1873176498
• Funky Turkeys (audiobook) (1999), Puffin, ASIN, B07VJJ8WCX^[1]
• Wicked World! (2000), Puffin Random House, ISBN 978-0141306834
• Too Black, Too Strong (2001), Bloodaxe Books, ISBN 978-1852245542
• The Little Book of Vegan Poems (2001), AK Press, ISBN 978-1902593333
• Reggae Head (audiobook), 57 Productions, ISBN 978-1899021055

Romances

• Face (1999), Bloomsbury (publicado em edições infantis e adultas)
• Refugee Boy (2001), Bloomsbury
• Gangsta Rap (2004), Bloomsbury
• Teacher's Dead (2007), Bloomsbury
• Terror Kid (2014), Bloomsbury^[2]
• Windrush Child (2020), Scholastic, ISBN 978-0702302725

Biografias

• We Sang Across the Sea: The Empire Windrush and Me (2022), uma biografia de Mona Baptiste escrita por Sofonias e ilustrada por Onyinye Iwu.^[4]

Livros infantis

• We Are Britain (2002), Frances Lincoln Publishers
• Primary Rhyming Dictionary (2004), Chambers Harrap
• J Is for Jamaica (2006), Frances Lincoln
• My Story (2011), Collins
• When I Grow Up (2011), Frances Lincoln

Outros

• Kung Fu Trip (2011), Bloomsbury
• The Life And Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah (2018), Simon & Schuster^[5]

Peças

• Playing the Right Tune (1985)
• Job Rocking (1987). Pubicado Black Plays: 2, ed. Yvonne Brewster, Methuen Drama, 1989.
• Delirium (1987)
• Streetwise (1990)
• Mickey Tekka (1991)
• Listen to Your Parents (incluído em Theatre Centre: Plays for Young People – Celebrating 50 Years of Theatre Centre, 2003, Aurora Metro; também publicado por Longman, 2007)
• Face: The Play (com Richard Conlon)

Acting roles

• Didn't You Kill My Brother? (1987) – Rufus
• Farendj (1989) – Moses
• Dread Poets' Society (1992) – Andy Wilson
• Truth or Dairy (1994) – The Vegan Society (UK)
• Crucial Tales (1996) – Richard's father
• Making the Connection (2010) – Environment Films / The Vegan Society (UK)
• Peaky Blinders (2013–2022) – Jeremiah Jesus

Discografia

Álbuns

• Rasta (1982), Upright (relançado em 1989), Workers Playtime (UK Indie #22)^[6]
• Us An Dem (1990), Island
• Back to Roots (1995), Acid Jazz
• Belly of De Beast (1996), Ariwa
• Naked (2005), One Little Indian
• Naked & Mixed-Up (2006), One Little Indian (Benjamin Zephaniah Vs. Rodney-P)
• Revolutionary Minds (2017), Fane Productions

Singles e EPs

• Dub Ranting EP (1982), Radical Wallpaper
• "Big Boys Don't Make Girls Cry" 12-inch single (1984), Upright
• "Free South Africa" (1986)
• "Crisis" 12-inch single (1992), Workers Playtime

Aparições

• "Empire" (1995), Bomb the Bass com Zephaniah & Sinéad O'Connor
• Heading for the Door por Back to Base (2000), MPR Records
• Open Wide (2004), Dubioza kolektiv (C) & (P) Gramofon
• Rebel by Toddla T (2009), 1965 Records
• "Illegal" (2000), de "Himawari" por Swayzak
• "Theatricks" (2000), por Kinobe