Dorothea Smartt
Dorothea Smartt is an English-born poet of Barbadian descent.Biography
The daughter of Caribbean immigrants from Barbados, Dorothea Smartt was born in London and grew up there. She earned a BA degree in Social Sciences from South Bank Polytechnic and an MA in Anthropology from Hunter College.
Smartt was poet in residence at Brixton Market and attached live artist at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. She has lectured on creative arts at Birkbeck College, University of London, and Leeds University. She has been poetry editor for Sable LitMag and guest writer at Florida International University and Oberlin College. Her work has appeared in various literary journals and anthologies, including Bittersweet, The Fire People, Mythic Women/Real Women, IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain, A Storm Between Fingers and New Daughters of Africa.
Her multi-media play, Fallout toured primary schools in and around London. Smartt also created and performed the solo work Medusa, which incorporates poetry and visuals.
In 2019 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.Selected works
- Fallout, play
- Connecting Medium, poetry
- Samboo's Grave/Bilal's Grave, poetry
- Ship Shape, poetry
- Reader, I Married Him & Other Queer Goings-On, poetry
