Besides Warsan Shire, Fabias has translated poetry by Nobel Prize-winner Louise Glück.
Habitus has been translated into French, Spanish, Arabic and German. De Volkskrant proclaimed her the literary talent of 2019. Buddingh’-prijs, the Awater Poëzieprijs, the Herman de Coninckprijs and the Grote Poëzieprijs. She made her debut as a poet with the collection Habitus, which was awarded the C. Today her debut collection, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head, has finally been released. In 2016 her poetry featured prominently in Beyoncé’s Lemonade film, reaching millions of new fans. She has published several poetry pamphlets and has been translated into Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. She became London’s first ever Young People’s Poet Laureate, was awarded the African Poetry Prize and was the youngest person ever to be appointed fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her poems about migration, being at home somewhere and searching for a home were published online and made a deep impression. 1988) was born in Kenya to Somali parents and migrated to England at the age of 1.
