Phoebe Power (1993) is a British poet, whose work, ''Shrines of Upper Austria'', won the

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for Best First Collection.

Biography

Phoebe Power was born in

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in 1993. She was named a Foyle Young Poet of the Year in 2009. She later studied at the

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where she led the Pembroke Poetry Society. Power was a recipient of 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 ...

from the Society of Authors in 2012. Power's full length poetry collection, ''Shrines of Upper Austria'' was published by Carcanet Press in 2018. She was awarded the

for Best First Collection for the work. The book was named one of four Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendations for 2018 and has been shortlisted for the 2018 T. S. Eliot Prize. The collection was inspired by the life of Power's Austrian grandmother, who married a British soldier and emigrated to

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after

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. Power lives in

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Work

*—(2021), with Katrina Porteous, ''Sea Change'' (Guillemot Press), ISBN 978-1-913749-12-5 *—(2017), ''Shrines of Upper Austria'', (

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), *—(2016), ''Harp Duet'', (

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), pamphlet

Awards

*—(2019),

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, ''Shrines of Upper Austria'' *—(2018),

for Best First Collection, ''Shrines of Upper Austria'' *—(2014), Northern Writer Awards *—(2012),

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Power, Phoebe 1993 births English women poets Living people 21st-century English poets Writers from Newcastle upon Tyne 21st-century English women writers Alumni of the University of Cambridge English people of Austrian descent