Carol Rumens FRSL (born 10 December 1944) is a British

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Life

Carol Rumens was born in Forest Hill, South London. She won a scholarship to grammar school and later studied Philosophy at

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, but left before completing her degree. She gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Writing for the Stage (with Distinction) from City College Manchester in 2002. She taught at

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(1983–85), Queen's University Belfast (1991–93 and 1995–98),

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(1994),

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(1999), and

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. As visiting Professor of Creative Writing, she has taught at the

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, and later at the

. Rumens was Poetry Editor for the publisher ''Quarto'' (1982–84) and the ''Literary Review'' (1984–88). Her work has appeared in ''

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'' and '' Harper's''. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984.

Awards

* 1981: Alice Hunt Bartlett Award (joint winner), for''Unplayed Music'' * 1981: New Statesman Prudence Farmer Award, for ''An Easter Garland'' * 1984:

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* 1998: Belfast Arts Award for Literature (shortlist), for ''Holding Pattern'' * 1998: Forward Poetry Prize (Best Single Poem) (shortlisted for "A Day in the Life of Farmer Dream") * 2001: Cardiff International Poetry Competition (Fourth Prize, for "Kings of the Playground") * 2001: National Poetry Competition ("Stay in Touch") * 2002: Forward Poetry Prize (Best Single Poem) (shortlist)

Works

Poetry

* * * ''A Necklace of Mirrors'' Ulsterman, 1978 * * * * * ''Icon Waves'' The Star Wheel Press, 1986 * * * * * * * * * * * * The Emigree

Novels

Editor

* *Slipping Glimpses: Winter Poetry Supplement (editor), Poetry Book Society, 1985 * * ''Two Women Dancing: New and Selected Poems of Elizabeth Bartlett'' (editor), Bloodaxe, 1995 * ''Old City, New Rumours: A Hull Anthology'' (editor Five Leaves Press, 2010

Plays

* ''Nearly Siberia'' (Pascal Theatre Company, Newcastle and London, 1989) * ''The Freak of the Week Show'' (EyeSpy Theatre Company, East Didsbury Studio, Manchester, 2001) * ''Suzanne Hecabe'' (Arden School of Theatre, Manchester, 2002).

Translations

* ''Pencil Letter'' /Irina Ratushinskaya (translator), Bloodaxe, 1988 * * ''After Pushkin'' (contributor), Carcanet, 2000 with Yuri Drobyshev * ''Yevgenii Rein: Selected Poems'' (translator), Bloodaxe, 2001

Non-fiction

*''Self into Song: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures'', Bloodaxe, 2006 * * * *

References

External links

"Carol Rumens", ''doollee''

"Poem of the week: Christmas at Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson telescopes the distance between a cosy Christmas scene and a life-and-death struggle on the high seas"
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