Jasmine Gardosi
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Gardosi went to King Edward VI High School for Girls in Birmingham, where she recollects she struggled reading aloud in class.[3] A multiple slam champion and beatboxer, Gardosi began performing at open-mic nights across Birmingham after leaving university.[4]
Her debut pamphlet was Hurtz,[5] published by Verve Poetry Press in 2019.[6]
She has been Poet in Residence at both the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the Brontë Parsonage Museum,[7] and was named as one of Nonchalant Magazine's Iconic Queer Poets in 2022.[8]
Gardosi was announced as Birmingham Poet Laureate for the period October 2022–September 2024 on National Poetry Day 2022.[9]
In June 2023, she was invited to headline Estonia's first queer poetry slam, as part of Baltic Pride.[10]
Gardosi's work has been influenced by Benjamin Zephaniah, Kae Tempest and spoken word artists like Hannah Silva and Bohdan Piesecki.[11]