Sam Riviere

Sam Riviere (born 1981) is an English poet and publisher.[1][2]

Sam Riviere
Born1981 (age 38–39)
OccupationPoet
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia
Notable awardsEric Gregory Award (2009)

Education and career

He was educated at Norwich School of Art and Design and completed a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 2013.[3] He won an Eric Gregory Award in 2009,[4] and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2012 for 81 Austerities.[5]

Since 2015 he has run the independent press If a Leaf Falls Press in Edinburgh,[6] which "publishes limited-edition pamphlets, typically of appropriated or procedural writing".[7]

Awards

Bibliography
  • Faber New Poets 7 (Faber & Faber, 2010)
  • 81 Austerities (Faber & Faber, 2012)
  • Standard Twin Fantasy (Egg Box Publishing, 2014)
  • Kim Kardashian's Marriage (Faber & Faber, 2015)
  • Cont. (If a Leaf Falls Press, 2015)
  • The Truth About Cats & Dogs with Joe Dunthorne (Visual Editions, 2016)
  • Preferences (If a Leaf Falls Press, 2016)
  • True Colours (After Hours, 2016)
  • Safe Mode (Test Centre, 2017)
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gollark: ddg! Apioforms
gollark: Naturally.
gollark: > yes i would love elon musk to be able to read my thoughts<@293066066605768714> * Elon Musk, the NSA, Facebook, the Chinese government, probably some random programmers working on it, some person in a basement who hackerized it, and anyone standing behind you with some sensor equipment.
gollark: > you mean like neuralink or something?Cool™ SciFi people have been considering brain implant stuff way before elon did elon things.

References
  1. "Sam Riviere". Poetry International Rotterdam. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. "If a Leaf Falls Press : Sam Riviere". samriviere.com. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  3. "Creative Writing alumni P-R and published works". University of East Anglia.
  4. "Sam Riviere". Faber and Faber. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  5. Flood, Alison (1 October 2012). "Jorie Graham takes 2012 Forward prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. "If a Leaf Falls Press : Sam Riviere". samriviere.com. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  7. "If A Leaf Falls Press". www.swimmersclub.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-11.


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