Stephen Knight (born 1960 in

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) is a British (Welsh) poet, novelist, theatre director and tutor in creative writing.

Biography

Knight was born in Britain in 1960, at Swansea. He studied English at

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(Jesus College) and theatre directing at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked as a theatre director in London, and as a tutor in creative writing in the University of Glamorgan and at Goldsmiths' College in London University. His books of poems include ''Flowering Limbs'' (1993), ''Dream City Cinema'' (1996), ''Sardines'' (2004) and ''The Prince of Wails'' (2012). His novel, ''Mr Schnitzel'', was published in 2000. He received an

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in 1987 and won the

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in 1992. He won the 2003 TLS/ Blackwells Poetry Competition for "The Long Way Home". His writing deals with disappointment and decay, albeit with a lightness of touch.

References

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