Jason Allen-Paisant
Jason Allen-Paisant | |
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| Born | 1980 (age 44–45) Jamaica |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies (Mona); École normale supérieure (Paris); University of Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, writer and academic |
| Employer | University of Manchester |
| Notable work | Thinking with Trees (2021) Self-Portrait as Othello (2023) |
| Awards | OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (2022) T. S. Eliot Prize (2023) |
| Website | www |
Jason Allen-Paisant (born 1980) is a Jamaican poet, writer and academic, based in the UK. His second collection of poems, Self-Portrait as Othello, won the 2023 T. S. Eliot Prize and the 2023 Forward Prize for Best Collection.