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Kate Tempest (Kate Esther Calvert) was born on 22 December, 1985 in Westminster, London, England, is an English poet, musical artist, novelist and playwright. Discover Kate Tempest's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 38 years old?

Popular As Kate Esther Calvert
Occupation Poet, playwright, rapper, recording artist
Age 38 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 22 December, 1985
Birthday 22 December
Birthplace Westminster, London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Kae Tempest (formerly Kate Tempest) is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright.

At the age of 16, Tempest was accepted into the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon.

2012

Tempest toured internationally with their band Sound of Rum until the band disbanded in 2012 before being commissioned to write their first play, Wasted.

At 26, they launched the theatrical spoken word piece Brand New Ancients at the Battersea Arts Centre (2012), to great critical acclaim.

The piece also won Tempest the Herald Angel and The Ted Hughes Prize.

Some of Tempest's influences include Christopher Logue (their "favourite poet"), Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, W B Yeats, William Blake, W H Auden and Wu-Tang Clan.

The Economist said of Tempest's commission from the Royal Shakespeare Company: "A stunning piece by [Kae] Tempest, a London-born performance poet, comes bursting off the screen. Rarely has the relevance of Shakespeare to our language, to the very fabric of our feelings, been expressed with quite such youthful passion. (It should be mandatory viewing for all teenagers.)" The Huffington Post describes them as "Britain's leading young poet, playwright and rapper...one of the most widely respected performers in the country – the complete package of lyrics and delivery. [They are] also one of the most exciting young writers working in Britain today" (2012).

2013

In 2013, they won the Ted Hughes Award for their work Brand New Ancients.

They were named a Next Generation Poet by the Poetry Book Society, a once-a-decade accolade.

Tempest's albums Everybody Down and Let Them Eat Chaos have been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.

The latter's accompanying poetry book (also titled Let Them Eat Chaos) was nominated for the Costa Book of the Year in the Poetry Category.

In 2013, Tempest released their first poetry book Everything Speaks in its Own Way, a limited edition run on their own imprint, Zingaro.

In September 2013, their play Hopelessly Devoted was produced by Paines Plough and premiered at Birmingham Rep Theatre.

2014

In 2014, they released the album Everybody Down (Big Dada, Ninja Tune), which was produced by Dan Carey and was nominated for the 2014 Mercury Prize.

Since the release of Everybody Down, Tempest has increased touring as a musician, playing at festivals and headlining shows with their live band which consists of Kwake Bass on drums, Dan Carey on synths and Clare Uchima on keyboards.

In October 2014, their first poetry collection for Picador, Hold Your Own, was published.

The collection was a commercial and critical success and its release coincided with Tempest being named a Next Generation Poet.

2015

Tempest was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2015.

2016

In April 2016, their debut novel The Bricks That Built The Houses was published by Bloomsbury and was a Sunday Times Bestseller.

It won the Books Are My Bag Best Breakthrough Author Award.

In September 2016, it was announced that Tempest would curate the 2017 Brighton Festival.

They released the album Let Them Eat Chaos on 7 October 2016.

It debuted at no. 28 on the UK Albums Chart, and was also released in book format (Picador).

2017

Their debut novel The Bricks That Built the Houses was a Sunday Times best-seller and won the 2017 Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Breakthrough Author.

The album was also nominated for the Mercury Prize, this time in 2017.

2018

They were nominated as Best Female Solo Performer at the 2018 Brit Awards.

They were nominated for Best British Female Solo Performer at the 2018 Brit Awards.

2019

In November 2019, along with other public figures, Tempest signed a letter supporting Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn describing him as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent far-right nationalism, xenophobia and racism in much of the democratic world" and endorsed him in the 2019 UK general election.

In December 2019, along with 42 other leading cultural figures, they signed a letter endorsing the Labour Party under Corbyn's leadership in the 2019 general election.

The letter stated that "Labour's election manifesto under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership offers a transformative plan that prioritises the needs of people and the planet over private profit and the vested interests of a few."

2020

Tempest came out as non-binary in 2020, using pronouns they/them.

Tempest grew up in Brockley, South East London, one of five children whose father was a corporate media lawyer, and their mother a teacher.

Tempest worked in a record shop from age 14 to 18.

They went to Thomas Tallis School, leaving at 16 to study at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon, going on to graduate in English Literature from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Tempest first performed at 16, at open mic nights at Deal Real, a small hip-hop store in Carnaby Street in London's West End.

They went on to support acts such as John Cooper Clarke, Billy Bragg and Benjamin Zephaniah.

In August 2020, Tempest came out as non-binary, began using they/them pronouns, and changed their name to Kae.

Tempest's song "People's Faces" was used for the Facebook commercial "We're Never Lost If We Can Find Each Other", created by the agency Droga5, and released on 9 April 2020.

Paradise, Tempest's modern adaptation of Sophocles' Greek Classic, Philoctetes, premiered at the National Theatre from 4 August - 11 September 2021.

The all-female cast, featuring Lesley Sharp, was directed by Ian Rickson and performed in the Olivier Theatre.