Ishion Hutchinson

Ishion Hutchinson

2022 OCM Bocas Prize Judge, Author
Jamaica

Bio

Ishion Hutchinson was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica. He is the author of two poetry collections, House of Lords and Commons (2016), and his first collection, Far District (2010). Since his first publication, Hutchinson has been the recipient of numerous awards and honours including the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry (2016). His works have appeared in several anthologies and journals, including the Poetry Review, and most recently he was awarded a 2019 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in Poetry. He teaches in the graduate writing program at Cornell University.

Awards

2016 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner2019 Windham-Campbell Prize Poetry

Years Attended

2017 Adult’s Festival Participant
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