Name: Linton Kwesi Johnson
Birthday: 24 August 1952
Deathday: null
Place of Birth: Clarendon, Jamaica, British West Indies [now Jamaica]
Known For: Acting
Linton Kwesi Johnson OD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. His performance poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell.
