Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
Isabelle Baafi
イザベル・バーフィ
Izaberu Bāfi
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- London, England
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- London, England
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Editor
- Active Years
- 2019-2025
- Affiliations
- Poetry London (reviews editor), Magma (board member), Obsidian Foundation Fellow
- Nominations
- T. S. Eliot Prize (shortlisted, 2025, Chaotic Good), Brunei International African Poetry Prize (shortlisted, 2021), Bridport Prize (shortlisted, 2020), Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition (shortlisted, 2019)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kent | — | comparative literature and film | Bachelor of Arts | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Oxford | — | creative writing | postgraduate degree | — | United Kingdom |
University of Kent
comparative literature and film
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Country:
United Kingdom
University of Oxford
creative writing
Degree:
postgraduate degree
Country:
United Kingdom
postgraduate
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Forward Prize | Chaotic Good | Best First Collection | Forward Prizes for Poetry | Winner |
| 2021 | Somerset Maugham Award | Ripe | — | Society of Authors | Winner |
| 2023 | Winchester Poetry Prize | The Path of Least Resilience | — | Winchester Poetry Festival | Winner |
| 2019 | Vincent Cooper Literary Prize | — | — | — | Winner |
Forward Prize
2025
Work:
Chaotic Good
Category:
Best First Collection
Organization:
Forward Prizes for Poetry
Result:
Winner
Somerset Maugham Award
2021
Work:
Ripe
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
Winner
Winchester Poetry Prize
2023
Work:
The Path of Least Resilience
Organization:
Winchester Poetry Festival
Result:
Winner
Vincent Cooper Literary Prize
2019
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ripe
2020 PoetryDebut poetry pamphlet.
Chaotic Good
2025 PoetryFirst full poetry collection.
Bibliography
- Ripe (Ignition Press, 2020)
- Chaotic Good (Faber & Faber, 2025)
Legacy
Emerging star in contemporary British poetry, winner of the 2025 Forward Prize for Best First Collection.
Trivia
- Of Jamaican and South African descent.
- Reviews editor of Poetry London.