Harry Baker (poet)

Harry Baker is a British spoken word artist, author and poet.

Early life

Born in Ealing in 1992, Harry Baker grew up as part of a vibrant Christian community in west London.[1] After switching from studying medicine to allow his pursuit of poetry,[2] Baker studied mathematics with German at Bristol University.[3][4]

Career

2012 to present

Baker has won the London and UK Slam Poetry Championships.[5] In 2012, he won the World Slam Poetry Competition, becoming the youngest ever winner.[1] Harry Baker is also half of the 'world's greatest comedy-rap-jazz-duo' Harry and Chris. Harry and Chris have performed in multiple places such as The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Russell Howard Hour.

In 2014 Baker began performing as a speaker for TED.[4] His talk ‘A love poem for lonely prime numbers’ has over 2 million views.[6][7] A collection of his own poetry, The Sunshine Kid, was published in 2015 by Burning Eye Books.[1] Baker received major national airplay on the BBC in 2015 when he wrote and performed a poem for Simon Mayo's Radio 2 show.[8] On Boxing Day 2016, he performed a Christmas Meditation on BBC Radio 4.[9] He occasionally performs as a battle rapper,[2] featuring on Don't Flop.[10] Together with the jazz guitarist "Chris Read", he is half of "Harry and Chris" who have performed on "The Russell Howard Hour" television programme.[11][12][13]

References
  1. "Quantifying the unquantifiable". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  2. Smith, Erin (2016-06-21). "Curiosity Conversations: A Chat with Harry Baker, The Sunshine Kid". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  3. "Harry Baker: "I'm Not Hardcore Nerdy"". The Tab Bristol. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  4. "Poetic mathematician blends writing with arithmetic". ABC News. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  5. "The love affair between science and poetry". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  6. Baker, Harry, A love poem for lonely prime numbers, retrieved 2017-01-09
  7. TEDx Talks (2014-04-29), Grand Slam Poetry Champion | Harry Baker | TEDxExeter, retrieved 2017-01-09
  8. "Harry Baker's end of show poem, Live from the Edinburgh Festival, Simon Mayo Drivetime - BBC Radio 2". BBC. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  9. "Christmas Meditation - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  10. "Don't Flop Entertainment". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  11. Russell Howard (2017-09-29), Harry and Chris - End of the World song, retrieved 2018-02-08
  12. Russell Howard (2017-11-03), Harry and Chris - The Fear song, retrieved 2018-02-08
  13. Russell Howard (2017-12-22), Harry and Chris - The Christmas Song, retrieved 2018-02-08


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