Jason Allen-Paisant

Jason Allen-Paisant
Born1980 (age 4445)
Jamaica
Alma materUniversity of the West Indies (Mona);
École normale supérieure (Paris);
University of Oxford
Occupation(s)Poet, writer and academic
EmployerUniversity of Manchester
Notable workThinking with Trees (2021)
Self-Portrait as Othello (2023)
AwardsOCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (2022)
T. S. Eliot Prize (2023)
Websitewww.jasonallenpaisant.com

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.