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Kae Tempest

1985 - Today

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Kae Tempest is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright. At the age of 16, Tempest was accepted into the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon. In 2013, he won the Ted Hughes Award for his work Brand New Ancients. He was named a Next Generation Poet by the Poetry Book Society, a once-a-decade accolade. Read more on Wikipedia

Their biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Kae Tempest is the 7,044th most popular writer (up from 7,206th in 2024), the 6,815th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 7,387th in 2019) and the 728th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Kae Tempest ranks 7,041 out of 7,302Before them are Jorge Volpi, Dav Pilkey, and Paul Attanasio. After them are Justin Raimondo, Noboru Yamaguchi, P. J. O'Rourke, Rebecca Walker, Gilad Atzmon, Sofia Andrukhovych, Mimoza Ahmeti, Candace Owens, and Radka Denemarková.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Kae Tempest ranks 499Before them are Yōsuke Mori, Alcides Araújo Alves, Vincent Bueno, Sammy Bossut, Andreas Ottl, and Amel Bent. After them are Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Aliaksandra Herasimenia, Alaska Thunderfuck, Emiliano Viviano, Darko Miličić, and Mikhail Ignatiev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kae Tempest ranks 6,817 out of 8,785Before them are Fabien Frankel (1994), Tom Wisdom (1973), Robert Green (1980), Sebastian Faulks (1953), Kenny Sansom (1958), and David Broome (1940). After them are Jessica Henwick (1992), Bernard Rose (1960), Paul Robinson (1978), Jimmy Adamson (1929), Benjamin Whittaker (1997), and David Herd (1934).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Kae Tempest ranks 728Before them are Charley Boorman (1966), Noel Streatfeild (1895), Maggie O'Farrell (1972), Helen Dunmore (1952), Tom Rob Smith (1979), and Sebastian Faulks (1953). After them are John Mortimer (1923), Ken MacLeod (1954), Matt Haig (1975), Simon Sinek (1973), Dennis Potter (1935), and Andrea Levy (1956).