Vladimir Lucien

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Biography

Vladimir Lucien is a writer from St. Lucia. He is the author of Sounding Ground, published by Peepal Tree Press, which won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature in 2015. Lucien is also the co-editor of the anthology Sent Lisi: Poems and Art of St. Lucia.

Awards

2015 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Overall Winner, OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

Years Attended

2011, 2011 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2012, 2012 Adult's Festival Participant, 2014, 2014 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015, 2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015 Bocas Abroad Participant, 2015 Featured Speaker, 2015 Tobago Festival Participant, 2019, 2019 Carifesta Participant, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, Papillote Press

Vladimir Lucien

Author
St. Lucia
Events Featuring Vladimir Lucien
2020
Infinite islands: new poetry by John Robert Lee and Canisia Lubrin
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Online
2020
"The treachery in every poem": Celebrating the poetry of Colin Robinson
Festival Programme, Online Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Facebook Live
2019
Workshop: Poetry Master Class
Carifesta Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
NALIS
2019
Songs of the Islands
Carifesta Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Grand Market
2015
Not That Caribbean: New Writing from the Antilles
Bocas Abroad, Miami Book Fair Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Miami Book Fair
2015
Voices of the Caribbean: New Poetry
Bocas Abroad, Miami Book Fair Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Miami Book Fair
2015
The Seen and Unseen in Poetry
Bocas Tobago Event
Presentation Event
Event Date:
Scarborough Public Library
2015
Winning Voices: Readings and Conversation
Bocas Tobago, TALK YUH TALK! AN AFTERNOON OF READINGS, CONVERSATIONS AND PERFORMANCE Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Scarborough Public Library
2015
A conversation with Vladimir Lucien
Bocas Tobago Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Scarborough Public Library
2015
OCM Bocas Prize: Celebrating the 2015 winners
Awards, Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Awards Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2015
Kamau Brathwaite at 85
Festival Programme, In Tribute Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2014
Sunday Launch
Festival Programme, Sunday Launch Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2014
To dub or not to dub
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2014
The Living Word
Festival Programme, The Living Word Event
Performance Event
Event Date:
Bohemia, Woodbrook
2012
Loretta Collins Klobah and Fawzia Kane
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2011
New Talent Showcase 2011: Vladimir Lucien
Festival Programme, New Talent Showcase Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
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