Forward Prizes for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2005) Excellence Award
David Harsent
デイヴィッド・ハーセント
Deividdo Hāsento
Aliases:
David Lawrence
Pen Names:
David Lawrence（Pen name for crime novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1942-00-00 （Devon）
- Nationality
- British, English
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Barnes, London
Career
- Occupations
- poet, TV scriptwriter, crime novelist, professor
- Active Years
- 1969-2020
- Affiliations
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Fellow of the Hellenic Authors Society, Distinguished Writing Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University, Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, Professor of Creative Writing at University of Roehampton
- Influenced By
- Ian Hamilton
- Nominations
- T. S. Eliot Prize (2002 Marriage shortlist), Forward Poetry Prize (1998 A Bird’s Idea of Flight shortlist), etc.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Forward Poetry Prize | Legion | Best Collection | Forward Prize judges | won |
| 2012 | Griffin Poetry Prize | Night | International | — | won |
| 2015 | T. S. Eliot Prize | Fire Songs | poetry | — | won |
| 1967 | Eric Gregory Award | — | — | Society of Authors | won |
| 1977 | Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize | Dreams of the Dead | — | — | won |
Forward Poetry Prize
2005
Work:
Legion
Category:
Best Collection
Organization:
Forward Prize judges
Result:
won
Griffin Poetry Prize
2012
Work:
Night
Category:
International
Result:
won
T. S. Eliot Prize
2015
Work:
Fire Songs
Category:
poetry
Result:
won
Eric Gregory Award
1967
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
won
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
1977
Work:
Dreams of the Dead
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Griffin Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (2012) Winner
T. S. Eliot Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 22 (2014) Winner
Works
Major Works
Legion
2005 poetry collectionAward-winning poetry collection
violenceimagination
Night
2011 poetry collectionGriffin Prize-winning poetry collection
Fire Songs
2014 poetry collectionT. S. Eliot Prize-winning poetry collection
Bibliography
- A Violent Country (1969)
- After Dark (1973)
- Truce (1973)
- Dreams of the Dead (1977)
- Mister Punch (1984)
- From an Inland Sea (1985)
- News from the Front (1993)
- A Bird’s Idea of Flight (1998)
- Marriage (2002)
- Legion (2005)
- Night (2011)
- Fire Songs (2014)
- Salt (2017)
- Loss (2020)
Translations by Author
- The Sorrow of Sarajevo (trans. Goran Simić)
- Sprinting from the Graveyard (trans. Goran Simić)
- In Secret (trans. Yiannis Ritsos)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concisenessimagist-like clarity
Legacy
Acclaimed English poet who has won numerous major poetry prizes, known for librettos with composers like Harrison Birtwistle.
Trivia
- Earned his living as a TV scriptwriter and crime novelist for some time.