Hannah Pool | |
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Born | Hannah Azieb Pool 1974 (age 49–50) |
Occupation | Writer, journalist |
Nationality | British-Eritrean |
Alma mater | Liverpool University |
Hannah Azieb Pool (born 1974) is a British–Eritrean writer and journalist. She was born near the town of Keren in Eritrea during the war for independence from Ethiopia. She is a former staff writer for The Guardian newspaper,[1] and writes regularly for national and international media. She is a patron of the SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women in the UK.[2] Since 2019, Pool has been Artistic Director/CEO at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Tottenham, north London.[3][4]