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Anthony Joseph (born 12 November 1966, Port of Spain, Trinidad) is a British/Trinidadian poet, novelist, musician and lecturer. ==Biography== Joseph was born in Trinidad and raised by his grandparents. He began writing as a young child and cites his main influences as calypso, surrealism, jazz, the spiritual Baptist church that his grandparents attended, and the rhythms of Caribbean speech. Joseph has lived in the UK since 1989. In September 2004 he was chosen by Renaissance One and the Arts Council England as one of fifty Black and Asian writers who have made major contributions to contemporary British literature, appearing in the historic "A Great Day in London" photograph and performing at the event at the British Library.〔(Andrea Levy, "Made in Britain. To celebrate the impact of their different perspectives, 50 writers of Caribbean, Asian and African descent gathered to be photographed. Andrea Levy reports on a great day for literature" ), ''The Guardian'', 18 September 2004.〕〔Kevin Le Gendre, "Books: A great day for a family get together Who are the movers and shakers in black British writing? And can they all fit on one staircase?", ''The Independent on Sunday'', 17 October 2004.〕 In April 2005, Joseph served as the British Council's first poet-in-residence at California State University, Los Angeles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Anthony Joseph )〕 Joseph holds an MA and an Mphil in Creative Writing from Goldsmiths College, University of London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anthony Joseph: Biography )〕 He has taught at London Metropolitan University, University of Surrey Roehampton, South Thames College,〔("Artists Profile: Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band" ), Kindred Spirits.〕 Birkbeck College and other institutions.〔("Bio", Anthony Joseph website. )〕 Joseph is the author of the poetry collections ''Desafinado'' (1994), ''Teragaton'' (1997), ''Bird Head Son'' (2009) and "Rubber Orchestras" (2011). His debut novel, ''The African Origins of UFOs'', was published by Salt Publishing in November 2006. Described as an "afro-psychedelic-noir, a poetic work of metafiction, mythology and afro-futurism", the book was endorsed by Kamau Brathwaite, Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Lauri Ramey, who hailed it in her introduction as "a future fiction classic". Reviewing the book, Ali Alizadeh called Joseph "both a faithful heir and an agnostic rebel; a Black poet haunted by Africa's past as well as a bilingual post-modernist amused by the possibilities of the future. Contemporary literature doesn't come a lot more sophisticated and intriguing than this."〔(Ali Alizadeh reviews Anthony Joseph, ''Cordite Poetry Review'', 8 March 2007. )〕 Joseph subsequently received an Arts Council award to conduct a reading tour of the UK in support of the book. In 2007, the tour continued to Europe with a ten-city tour of Germany and readings in the US. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony Joseph」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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