Greta Stoddart (born 1966) is an English poet. She is best known for her poetry collections, ''At Home in the Dark'' , ''Salvation Jane'' and ''Alive Alive O''.

Life and career

Stoddart was born in 1966 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. She spent her childhood in Oxford and Belgium. She studied acting in Paris and worked as a performer before becoming a full-time poet. Having taught at Goldsmiths, University of London and

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, she now teaches for Poetry School UK. Stoddart's first collection of poetry, ''At Home in the Dark'', was published in 2001 and won the 2002

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary prize established in 1963 in tribute to Geoffrey Faber, founder and first Chairman of the publisher Faber & Faber. It recognises a single volume of poetry or fiction by a United Kingdom, Irish ...

. Her second collection, ''Salvation Jane'', was published in 2009 and shortlisted for the 2008 Costa Book Award. Her third collection, ''Alive Alive O'', was published in 2015 and was shortlisted for the 2016 Roehampton Poetry Prize. Her radio poem, ''Who’s there?'', was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and was shortlisted for the 2017 Ted Hughes Award.

References

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