Donna Williams (Deaf poet)
Donna Williams is an English poet, writer and consultant based in Bristol. She is Deaf and a British Sign Language user.
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Williams was raised oralist but started learning and using Sign Language whilst studying for her BA at UCLan.
Williams then started composing her poems in Sign Language and performing around the UK, including at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Albert Hall, as well as abroad (America and Brazil).[1] Her signed poems contributed to an anthology of British Sign Language poetry available online.[2][3][4]
Several of her written poems have been published in anthologies, for examples in 'Stairs and Whispers: Deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back', 'When The Dead Are Cured' for Deaf Lit Extravaganza, edited by John Lee Clark, and in issue 69 of Magma magazine.[5]
As well as composing poetry, she has written short plays with Deafinitely Theatre and Graeae Theatre, and she writes articles for the Limping Chicken, a deaf news outlet.[6]
She is also interested in ethics and moral issues. In 2012 she completed an MA in Ethics and Social Philosophy from Cardiff University with a dissertation on eugenics.
She volunteers for the National Deaf Children Society as a Deaf Role Model Presenter.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Donna Williams: Brazil's Festival of Deaf Folklore was a rich, rewarding experience". The Limping Chicken. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ↑ "Sign poet Donna Williams in action". BBC See Hear.
- ↑ "Sign Metaphor".
- ↑ Kaneko, Michiko; Sutton-Spence, Rachel (2012). "Iconicity and Metaphor in Sign Language Poetry". Metaphor and Symbol. 27 (2): 107–130. doi:10.1080/10926488.2012.665794.
- ↑ "Magma 69: the Deaf poetry". Magma poetry magazine.
- ↑ "The Limping Chicken". The Limping Chicken.
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