Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 51 (2021) Winner
Hannah Lowe
ハンナ・ロー
Hannah Lō
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1976 （Ilford, Essex, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Poet, Lecturer
- Active Years
- 2011-
- Affiliations
- Brunel University London, Oxford Brookes University, Kingston University
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Gerard Manley Hopkins, Anne Sexton, Mark Doty
- Nominations
- Forward Prizes shortlist (Chick), Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection shortlist (Chick), T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist (The Kids)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Sussex | — | American Literature | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Newcastle University | — | Refugee Studies | 修士号 | — | United Kingdom |
| Newcastle University | — | Creative Writing | 博士号 | — | United Kingdom |
University of Sussex
American Literature
Country:
United Kingdom
Newcastle University
Refugee Studies
Degree:
修士号
Country:
United Kingdom
Newcastle University
Creative Writing
Degree:
博士号
Country:
United Kingdom
PhD
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Costa Book of the Year | The Kids | 全体 | Costa Book Awards | winner |
| 2021 | Costa Book Award for Poetry | The Kids | Poetry | Costa Book Awards | winner |
| 2015 | Michael Murphy Memorial Award | Chick | Best First Collection | — | winner |
| 2020 | Cholmondeley Award | — | — | Society of Authors | winner |
Costa Book of the Year
2021
Work:
The Kids
Category:
全体
Organization:
Costa Book Awards
Result:
winner
Costa Book Award for Poetry
2021
Work:
The Kids
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Costa Book Awards
Result:
winner
Michael Murphy Memorial Award
2015
Work:
Chick
Category:
Best First Collection
Result:
winner
Cholmondeley Award
2020
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Chick
2013 PoetryPoetry collection about her Jamaican-Chinese father's death and journey from Jamaica to Britain on SS Ormonde in 1947.
familymigrationlossidentity
Long Time, No See
2015 Family memoirFamily memoir exploring grief after father's death and mother's stroke.
family historygriefmulticulturalism
The Kids
2021 SonnetsSonnets based on 10 years teaching inner-city London students, destabilizing teacher-student dynamics.
educationyouthclassdiversity
Bibliography
- The Hitcher (2011)
- Chick (2013)
- Ormonde (2014)
- Long Time, No See (2015)
- Chan (2016)
- The Neighbourhood (2019)
- The Kids (2021)
- Old Friends (2022)
- Rock, Bird, Butterfly (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- sonnet formpersonal and memoiristic voicesocial commentary
- Recurring Motifs
- family and lossmigration and identityeducation and communitygentrification
Legacy
Acclaimed for poetry and memoirs on family, migration, and education. Won Costa Book of the Year for The Kids, listed in Next Generation Poets, Fellow of Royal Society of Literature.
Quotes
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I had been suppressing a lot of grief over a sustained period of time and poetry... opened a door on that pain. I found that I could revisit the past in my poems, and contain it, or alter it even.
Source: Interview -
Should teachers write about students? That question's too categorical.
Source: The Guardian (2022)