Ros Barber

Dr
Ros Barber
Born (1964-01-25) January 25, 1964
Washington D.C.
Occupation novelist, poet, academic
Nationality British
Notable work The Marlowe Papers
Notable awards Desmond Elliott Prize, Authors' Club Best First Novel Award
Website
rosbarber.com

Ros Barber (born 25 January 1964) is a British novelist, poet, and academic. She is currently a lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her first novel, The Marlowe Papers (2012), won the Desmond Elliott Prize[1] and Authors' Club First Novel Award.[2] Her second novel, Devotion (2015), was shortlisted for the Encore Award. Barber is the author of three volumes of poetry. The most recent, Material (2008), was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. The title poem, also published in Faber's Poems of the Decade, is on the current EdExcel 'A' Level syllabus in the UK,[3] and her poem How to Leave the World that Worships Should has been set for AQA English Literature GCSE.[4]

Bibliography

Novels

The Marlowe Papers (2012)

Devotion (2015)

Poetry

How Things Are On Thursday (2004)

Not the Usual Grasses Singing (2005)

Material (2008)

Non Fiction

30 Second Shakespeare (2015)

References

  1. ↑ Masters, Tim (2013-06-27). "The Marlowe Papers wins Desmond Elliott Prize". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  2. ↑ "Ros Barber – The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  3. ↑ "Amendment to GCE AS and A level English Literature, Prescribed texts – Poems of the Decade" (PDF). pearson.com. Pearson. 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  4. ↑ "GCSE English Language Literature Handout - Preparing to Teach". aqa.org.uk. AQA. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
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