Oliver Reynolds (born 1957, in
Cardiff,
Wales) is a British
poet and
critic
A critic is a person who communicates an assessment and an opinion of various forms of creative works such as art, literature, music, cinema, theater, fashion, architecture, and food. Critics may also take as their subject social or governmen ...
. He studied drama at the
University of Hull before returning to Wales to work as an assistant to the Director for Theatre Wales. He won the
Arvon Foundation International Poetry Competition in 1985 for his poem 'Rorschach Writing' and the
Eric 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 ...
in 1986. Reynolds has held writing residencies at universities in England, Scotland and Sweden, and has contributed to various literary publications including
The Times Literary Supplement,
Granta an
The London Magazine
Bibliography
Poetry
;Collections
* (1985) ''Skevington's Daughter'' (
Faber and Faber
Faber and Faber Limited, usually abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in London. Published authors and poets include T. S. Eliot (an early Faber editor and director), W. H. Auden, Margaret Storey, William Golding, Samuel B ...
)
* (1987) ''The Player Queen's Wife'' (Faber and Faber)
* (1991) ''The Oslo Tram'' (Faber and Faber)
* (1999) ''Almost'' (Faber and Faber)
* (2010) ''Hodge'' (Areté Books)
* (2018) ''Or'' (Areté Books)
External links
* http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth216
* http://www.granta.com/Contributors/Oliver-Reynolds
* http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article5317655.ece
* http://www.woodstockbookshop.co.uk/2010/09/poetry-evening-at-woodstock-arms.html
* https://www.aretemagazine.co.uk/a-scattering/
British poets
Writers from Cardiff
Living people
1957 births
British male poets
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