Tim Kendall (born 1970) is an

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poet, editor and critic.Carcanet Press
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. In 1994 he co-founded the magazine ''Thumbscrew'', which published work by poets including

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and

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, and which ran under his editorship until 2003. In 1997 he won an Eric Gregory Prize for his poetry. His latest book of poems, ''Strange Land'', appeared in 2005. In 2006 he became

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of English at the

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. He has published critical studies of

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, and most recently, English

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. He was heavily involved in literary events marking the centenary of the outbreak of

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.University of Oxford: World War I Centenary
Accessed 13 October 2015

Works

*''Strange Learned'' (Carcanet, 2004) *''The Oxford Handbook of British and Irish War Poetry'' (ed; Oxford University Press, 2007) *''Modern English War Poetry'' (Oxford University Press, 2009) *''Poetry of the First World War: An Anthology'' (ed; Oxford University Press, 2013) *''The Art of

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'' (Yale University Press, 2013)

Television

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: The Poet who Loved the War'' (BBC4, 2014)

References

Bibliography

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