Neil Rollinson (born 1960
West Yorkshire
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) is a British
poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...
.
Life
He has published four collections of poetry, all Poetry Book Society Recommendations (Jonathan Cape UK). His last collection Talking Dead was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award. He has published several pamphlets, the last of which, also titled Talking Dead was shortlisted for the Michael Marks award. He was writer in residence at Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage for two years and has since been teaching creative writing at Bath Spa University.
He was 2007 writer-in-residence at Manchester's Centre For New Writing.
He tutors occasionally at the Arvon Centre. and works regularly with mentees on poetry projects.
Awards
* 1997 First Prize, UK National Poetry Competition
* Royal Literary Fund Fellow
* 2005
Cholmondeley Award
The Cholmondeley Awards () are annual awards for poetry given by the Society of Authors in the United Kingdom. Awards honour distinguished poets, from a fund endowed by the Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley in 1966. Since 1991 the award has bee ...
* 2015 Shortlist: Costa Poetry Prize.
Works
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"Constellations"; "Entropy", ''Nox Oculis''"The Ecstasy of St Saviours Avenue"*
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* chapbook
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References
External links
"Author's website"
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1960 births
Living people
Alumni of Newcastle University
British poets
People from West Yorkshire
British male poets
Writers from Yorkshire