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Lillian Allen
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Lillian Allen moved from Spanish Town, Jamaica, to North America in 1969 and emerged as a major influential figure on Canada's cultural landscape. Renowned and internationally respected as a writer, poet, performer, playwright, activist and lecturer, Allen is also one of Canada's foremost experts on ethnic and community relations, having been advisor to the Ontario government and non-government organizations on diversity and culture in Canada. She has won two Juno awards, and is recognized as a key originator and leading exponent of dub poetry. She has several books, recordings, and theatre and film production efforts, for which she has won many awards.
Allen's political themes and depth of vision are woven in an enchanting and unique blend of orality and the written word. Her poetic voice has spread beyond international poetry circles and music scenes into corners of the African Diaspora and across the spectrum of society.
Lillian Allen lives in Toronto and teaches creative writing at the Ontario College of Art and Design.
Praise for Lillian Allen
"Remarkable and innovative, influential and ingenious."
— Ms.
"Allen's dub poetry complicates perceived Western notions of history, literature, language, culture, and nation, and intersects categories of race, gender, and class."
— ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature
"Raises a lot of consciousness."
— Word Magazine
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