Emily Berry

Emily Berry
Born 1981 (age 36–37)
London
Occupation Poet
Education University of Leeds
Goldsmiths College
University of East Anglia
Notable works Dear Boy,Stranger Baby
Notable awards Forward Prizes for Poetry

Emily Berry FRSL (1981) is an English poet and writer.

Emily Berry was born and raised in London and studied English Literature at Leeds University, and Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College. She is currently completing a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of East Anglia.[1]

She was awarded an Eric Gregory Award in 2008.[2] Her pamphlet Stingray Fevers was published by tall-lighthouse in 2008.[3] Her debut collection of poems, Dear Boy (Faber & Faber, 2013), won the Hawthornden Prize, and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. She is a contributor to The Breakfast Bible (Bloomsbury, 2013). Her second collection, entitled Stranger, Baby, was published by Faber & Faber in 2017.[3]

In 2017, Berry succeeded Maurice Riordan as the editor of Poetry Review, the UK's most widely read poetry magazine.[1]

In June 2018 Berry was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in its "40 Under 40" initiative.[4]

Work

  • —(2017), Stranger, Baby,Faber & Faber, ISBN 9780571331321, poetry collection
  • —(2013), Dear Boy, Faber & Faber, ISBN 9780571284054, poetry collection
  • —(2008), Stingray Fevers, tall-house, ISBN 9781904551577, pamphlet

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Baker, Sophie. "Emily Berry is the new Editor of The Poetry Review". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Eric Gregory Past Authors". Society of Authors. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Emily Berry (poet)". Poetry International Web.
  4. ↑ Flood, Alison (2018-06-28). "Royal Society of Literature admits 40 new fellows to address historical biases". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
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