| LC control no. | no2013024897 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6119.H518 |
| Personal name heading | Shire, Warsan, 1988- |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Located | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1988-08-01 |
| Place of birth | Kenya |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Authors |
| Found in | Teaching my mother how to give birth, 2011: title page (Warsan Shire) page [37] (Warsan Shire, Kenyan-born Somali poet, based in London, b. 1988) Wikipedia, July 20, 2017 (Warsan Shire (b. Aug. 1, 1988) is a British writer, poet, editor and teacher, who was born to Somali parents in Kenya; in 2013 she was awarded the inaugural Brunel University African Poetry Prize, chosen from a shortlist of six candidates out of a total 655 entries; her words "No one leaves home unless/home is the mouth of a shark", from the poem "Home", have been called "a rallying call for refugees and their advocates"; since 2015, she primarily resides in Los Angeles) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire> |
| Associated language | eng |
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