Hannah Pool
Hannah Pool | |
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| Born | Hannah Azieb Pool 1974 (age 49–50) |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist |
| Nationality | British-Eritrean |
| Alma mater | Liverpool University |
Hannah Azieb Pool (born 1974) is a British–Eritrean writer and journalist. She was born near the town of Keren in Eritrea during the war for independence from Ethiopia. She is a former staff writer for The Guardian newspaper,[1] and writes regularly for national and international media. She is a patron of the SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women in the UK.[2]
Biography
Early life and education
At the age of six months, Pool was adopted by a British scholar working in
Career
After leaving university, Pool became a journalist on the Manchester Evening News and has written extensively for The Guardian newspaper, where for several years she wrote the fashion column "The New Black".[5] However, at the age of 19 she had received a letter informing her that her genetic father and siblings were alive in Eritrea.[3] Her memoir, My Fathers' Daughter: A story of family and belonging, was published in 2005 and is an account of the journey she made back to Eritrea, aged 29, and her encounters with her family.[6]
Pool was a Senior Programmer of Contemporary Culture at the Southbank Centre, London. In February 2019 she took up a new appointment as the Artistic Director/CEO at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Tottenham.[7] She is a contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby.[8]
Bibliography
- My Fathers' Daughter, London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 2005. ISBN 978-0241142608
- Fashion Cities Africa (editor), University of Chicago Press, 2016. ISBN 978-1783206117[9]
References
- ^ Hannah Pool, The Guardian profile page.
- ^ Patrons Archived 13 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, SI Leeds Literary Prize.
- ^ a b Ojumu, Akin, "Ancestral voices" (review of My Fathers' Daughter), The Observer, 14 August 2005.
- ^ Details of Pool's early life cited in her autobiography My Father's Daughter (2005).
- ^ Pool, Hannah (28 May 2005). "The new black". The Guardian.
- ^ My Fathers' Daughter at Amazon Books.
- ^ "Hannah Azieb Pool Joins The Bernie Grant Arts Centre As Artistic Director". Bernie Grant Arts Centre. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "New Daughters at Bernie Grant Arts Centre". Myriad. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Fashion Cities Africa" Archived 14 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine (review), Intellect.
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