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Kathryn Simmonds (born 1972 
Profile and poems at ''The Poetry Archive'', 2009
Seren Books profile
University of East Anglia profile
Simmonds poems featured in ''The Guardian'', 29 August 2008
''Wigtown Poetry Prize''. Simmonds profile
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Hertfordshire
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) is a British poet, and short story writer.
Life
She graduated from theUniversity of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...
with an MA in Creative Writing.
She has also experimented with playwriting, and her first radio play Poetry for Beginners, a comic drama set on a creative writing residential course, was broadcast on Radio 4 in 2008.
She lives in London, England
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major s ...
, and teaches creative writing at the Poetry School and Morley College
Morley College is a specialist adult education and further education college in London, England. The college has three main campuses, one in Waterloo on the South Bank, and two in West London namely in North Kensington and in Chelsea, the lat ...
.
Awards
* 2002Eric Gregory Award
The Eric Gregory Award is a literary award given annually by the Society of Authors for a collection by British poets under the age of 30. The award was founded in 1960 by Dr. Eric Gregory to support and encourage young poets. In 2021, the seven ...
, from the Society of Authors
* 2004 Poetry Business competition
* 2006 Poetry London
''Poetry London'' is a literary periodical based in London. Published three times a year, it features poems, reviews, and other articles.
Profile
Adopting the title of an earlier bimonthly publication which ran from 1939 to 1951, ''Poetry London' ...
competition
* 2007 Asham Award shortlisted for "Pentecost"
* 2008 Forward Poetry Prize
The Forward Prizes for Poetry are major British awards for poetry, presented annually at a public ceremony in London. They were founded in 1992 by William Sieghart with the aim of celebrating excellence in poetry and increasing its audience. The ...
Best First Collection
* 2008 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 ...
, longlisted
* 2008 Costa Book Awards
The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in UK and Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first sponsor, the Whitbread company, then ...
, nominated Poetry category
Works
Poetry collections
* Snug, Smith/Doorstop 2004 * Sunday at the Skin Launderette, Seren 2008 * The Visitations, Seren 2013Novels
* Love and Fallout, Seren 2014References
External links
Profile and poems at ''The Poetry Archive'', 2009
Seren Books profile
University of East Anglia profile
Simmonds poems featured in ''The Guardian'', 29 August 2008
''Wigtown Poetry Prize''. Simmonds profile
Short Stories
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