Biography
Harry Baker is a British spoken word artist, author and poet, known for his heart, humour and blistering wordplay. Baker became the youngest ever Poetry World Slam champion in 2021. His first collection of poems, The Sunshine Kid, was published in 2014. He writes about hope, dinosaurs, self-acceptance, German falafel-spoons, and math, and his “Love Poem For Lonely Prime Numbers” was translated into more than twenty languages. Millions have viewed Baker’s popular TEDX talks, in which he performs funny, ferociously intelligent poems, such as “Paper People.” An Edinburgh Fringe star who BBC Radio called “the greatest performer on earth,” Baker, who switched from a career in medicine to a life in poetry, is working on a new poetry collection, and starting to tour his new show, Unashamed.