Andrew McMillan (born 1988) is an English poet and lecturer.

Biography

McMillan was born near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He is the son of poet Ian McMillan. He studied at University of Lancaster, and then at University College London, and is now Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at

Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has over 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Educat ...

. His debut collection, ''Physical'', was published by Jonathan Cape in 2015. It was the first collection of poems to win the

Guardian First Book Award The Guardian First Book Award was a literary award presented by ''The Guardian'' newspaper. It annually recognised one book by a new writer. It was established in 1999, replacing the Guardian Fiction Award or Guardian Fiction Prize that the newspap ...

, and also won a

Somerset Maugham Award The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each year by the Society of Authors. Set up by William Somerset Maugham in 1947 the awards enable young writers to enrich their work by gaining experience in foreign countries. The awa ...

and the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. His second collection, ''playtime'', was published by

Jonathan Cape Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death in 1960. Cape and his business partner Wren Howard set up the publishing house in 1921. They established a reputation ...

in 2018, and won the inaugural Polari Prize. With

Mary Jean Chan Mary Jean Chan is a Hong Kong Chinese poet, lecturer, editor and critic. Their first poetry collection, ''Flèche'', won the 2019 Costa Book Award in the Poetry category. Chan is also a 2019 recipient of an Eric Gregory Award for a collecti ...

, McMillan was co-editor of the 2022 collection "100 Queer Poems". McMillan lives in

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Bibliography

* ''100 Queer Poems'' (co-editor), (2022) * ''pandemonium'' (2021) * ''playtime'' (2018) * ''physical'' (2015)

References

People from Barnsley Alumni of University College London English poets People from Manchester 1988 births Living people {{UK-poet-stub English LGBT poets