Helen Farish (born 1962

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) is a British

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Life

She received her B.A. from

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, M.A. and Ph.D. from

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. She lectured in creative writing at

Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The university is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate Cr ...

. She has been a Fellow at Hawthornden International Centre for Writers and was the first female Poet in Residence at the Wordsworth Trust (2004-5). She has also been a visiting lecturer at Sewanee University, and a visiting scholar at the

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. Beginning 2007, she lectures full-time at

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, in the department of English and Creative Writing. She now lives in

Awards

* ''Intimates'' 2005 Forward best first collection, shortlist for the 2005 TS Eliot prize.

Works

Thesis

* ''Sex, God and Grief in the Poetry of Sharon Olds and Louise Glück''

References

External links

"Helen Farish's workshop", ''The Guardian'', 21 December 2005

"Helen Farish", ''The Poetry Archive''

* ttp://52poets.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/helen-farish-intimates/ "forty-five: Helen Farish", 30 November 2008, ''fifty-two poets'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Farish, Helen English women poets Academics of Sheffield Hallam University Alumni of Van Mildert College, Durham Alumni of Oxford Brookes University Sewanee: The University of the South faculty Academics of Lancaster University University of New Hampshire faculty 1962 births Living people