Kae Tempest

ABOUT KAE TEMPEST

British poet and spoken word performance artist. They received the 2013 Ted Hughes Award for a spoken word poetic work entitled Brand New Ancients.

Their early poetic and theatrical works include Everything Speaks in its Own Way and Wasted.

They formed a band called Sound Of Rum.

They and their four siblings grew up in South London, England.

They were influenced by the work of Irish playwright Samuel Beckett .