Emily Berry
Emily Berry FRSL (1981) is an English poet and writer.
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Born | 1981 (age 38–39) London, England |
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 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]
Awards
- —(2014), Hawthornden Prize for Dear Boy[3]
- —(2014), Forward Prize for Best First Collection for Dear Boy[3]
- —(2008), Eric Gregory Award [2]
References
- Baker, Sophie. "Emily Berry is the new Editor of The Poetry Review". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- "Eric Gregory Past Authors". Society of Authors. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- "Emily Berry (poet)". Poetry International Web.
- Flood, Alison (28 June 2018). "Royal Society of Literature admits 40 new fellows to address historical biases". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2018.