Warsan Shire
Born: August 1, 1988 (age 36)
Bio: Warsan Shire is a London-based Somali writer, poet, editor and teacher. She has received the Brunel University's African Poetry Prize, chosen from a shortlist of six candidates out of a total 655 entries.
Known for:
- Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth (2011)
- Her Blue Body (2015)
- The Pity (2014)