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Lemn Sissay

Lemn Sissay

Born: 1967-05-21 • Higher End, Orrell, United Kingdom

Lemn Sissay MBE is an English author and broadcaster. Sissay was the official poet of the 2012 London Olympics, has been chancellor of the University of Manchester since 2015, and joined the Foundling Museum's board of trustees two years later, having previously been appointed one of the museum's fellows.

Filmography
Art Matters poster
Art Matters
2024 • Self
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy poster
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023 • Self
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World poster
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
2020 • Self
Rhyme & Reason: BBC Introducing Arts poster
Rhyme & Reason: BBC Introducing Arts
2019 • Self - Presenter
No Image
Burning Ice
2010 • Self
No Image
We Belong Here: Poetry and spoken word documentary
— • Themselves