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Literature

Stephen James Smith

January — February 2025

Stephen James Smith photo by Babs Daly 2018

Stephen James Smith, born in Dublin, is an Irish poet, writer, performer, playwright, and educator. With close to 1,000 gigs worldwide over the past 20 years, at venues like Glastonbury, the Radio City Music Hall, New York, the Nuyorican Poetry Café, the Centre Culturel Irlandais (Paris), and the Barbican and Palladium (London), Stephen has demonstrated a commanding presence on the stage. Stephen has been dubbed “Dublin’s unofficial poet laureate." His creations have been extensively published, translated into eight languages, and have received numerous awards and nominations.