Lemn Sissay is an English author and broadcaster and also a poet. He is a patron of the Letterbox Club in the British Council, supporting children in care. He is a regular contributor on BBC Radio 4's program Saturday Live. He became the patron of ALL FM 96.9 Community Radio in Manchester in 2015. Lemn Sissay is considered one of the most talented English writers. His Instagram account is @sissaylemn and has 14.9K followers. His Twitter account is @lemnsissay and has 70.7K followers.
Lemn Sissay was born on 21 May 1967 in Billinge Hospital, near Wigan, Lancashire Higher End, England, UK. He holds an English nationality and belongs to Black ethnicity. His zodiac sign is Gemini. His mother was a student at the time of his birth who had come from Ethiopia to study in Bracknell City, England. Lemn Sissay was grown up as an orphan in a foster care family. With no surrogate family or birth family, upon leaving the care system he was given his birth certificate, showing the name of his mother, Yemarshet Sissay, and his own legal name, Lemn Sissay.
Lemn Sissay won the UK Commission for Racial Equality's Race in the Media Award (RIMA) in 2006. Sissay was made an Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Huddersfield in 2009 and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours. He won the 2019 PEN Pinter Prize in June 2019.
Lemn Sissay is a good looking man with an average build body physique. He stands approximately between 5 ft 5 inches-5 ft 6 inches and weighs 61 kg. He has a Buzzcut hairstyle with clean and shaved facial hair. He has a straight sexual orientation. His hair color and eye color both are black.
As of 2020, The net worth of Lemn Sissay is estimated to be more than the US $2 million, His primary income sources include his book writing career and as BBC Broadcaster. As a BBC Broadcaster, he earns between £25,069 - £50,000 per year. He also earns a decent amount of money by being a book writer.