Danez Smith
Danez Smith | |
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Smith at the 2025 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books | |
| Born | St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| Genre | Poetry |
| Literary movement | Dark Noise Collective |
| Notable works | [insert] Boy Don't Call Us Dead: Poems Homie |
| Notable awards | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry Kate Tufts Discovery Award Forward Prize |
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Danez Smith is an American poet, writer and performer from St. Paul, Minnesota. They are queer, non-binary and HIV-positive. They are the author of the poetry collections [insert] Boy and Don't Call Us Dead: Poems, both of which have received multiple awards, and Homie/My Nig. Their most recent poetry collection Bluff was published in 2024.