Luke Kennard (born 1981) is a British poet, critic, novelist and lecturer. He won an Eric Gregory Award in 2005 for his first collection ''The Solex Brothers''. His second collection, ''The Harbour Beyond The Movie'', was shortlisted for the 2007

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for Best Collection, making him the youngest ever poet to be nominated. In 2014 he was named as one of the

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. His

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, ''The Transition'', was published by Fourth Estate in March 2017. The novel was a

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''. His poetry collection ''Notes on the Sonnets'' won the 2021

for Best Collection.

Publications

* ''The Solex Brothers'' (2005) * ''The Harbour Beyond The Movie'' (2007) * ''The Migraine Hotel'' (2009) * ''Planet Shaped Horse'' (2011) * ''The Necropolis Boat'' (2012) * ''Holophin'' (2012) * ''A Lost Expression'' (2012) * ''Cain'' (2016) * ''The Transition'' (2017) * ''Truffle Hound'' (2018) * ''Notes on the Sonnets'' (2021) * ''The Answer to Everything'' (2021) * ''Bad Sermons'' (2021)"Bad Sermons"
Broken Sleep Books

References

External links

Interview with Luke Kennard
by ''The Poetry Extension'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennard, Luke Living people 1981 births 21st-century British poets