Leo Aylen

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Born in KwaZulu, South Africa, Leo Aylen is the author of nine collections, the latest The Day the Grass Came (“A triumph,” Melvyn Bragg; “Stupendous,” Simon Callow). Winner of five international prizes (Arvon twice, Peterloo twice, and Bridport), he has about a hundred poems published in anthologies (many for children) and a hundred broadcast. He has performed in theatres, universities, and schools in Britain, North America, Africa, Albert Hall, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Round House, New York night clubs, and in an open-air Amphitheater to four thousand Zulus. With three solo shows on American nationwide TV (CBS), in 1993–1998 he was regularly commissioned to create poems out of current news for BBC Radio 4. He is a BAFTA-nominated BBC and ITV director.