KUKAMANDA
Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2018
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 2018
'A brilliant debut - a tender, nostalgic and, at times, darkly hilarious exploration of black boyhood, masculinity and grief. A gorgeous and necessary collection from one of my favourite writers' Warsan Shire
Translating as 'initiation', kumukanda is the name given to the rites a young boy from the Luvale tribe must pass through before he is considered a man. The poems of Kayo Chingonyi's remarkable debut explore this passage: between two worlds, ancestral and contemporary; between the living and the dead; between the gulf of who he is and how he is perceived.
Underpinned by a love of music, language and literature, here is a powerful exploration of race, identity and masculinity, celebrating what it means to be British and not British, all at once.
Shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize; Seamus Heaney Centre First Poetry Collection Prize; Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry; Roehampton Poetry Prize; Jhalak Prize 2018
Edad recomendada: A partir de 14 años.
HINGONYI KAYO
Kayo Hingonyi, nacida en Misiones, Argentina, en 1984, es una poeta y gestora cultural radicada en Buenos Aires. Es licenciada en Letras por la Universidad de Buenos Aires y coordina talleres de escritura y gestión de proyectos independientes. Publicó los libros de poesía La casa de la tía en 2012 por Editorial De Parado y El borde de los objetos en 2018 bajo el sello Santos Locos. Su trabajo literario figura en diversas antologías contemporáneas de Argentina, como la Selección Poética Argentina de 2020. Fuenteres: Registro de Publicaciones de la Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno y catálogo editorial de Santos Locos Poesía.
