Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 48 (2018) Winner
J. O. Morgan
ジェイ・オー・モーガン
J. O. Morgan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1978 （Edinburgh, Scotland）
- Nationality
- British, Scottish
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Edinburgh, Scotland
Career
- Occupations
- Poet
- Active Years
- 2009-2022
- Nominations
- T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist (Interference Pattern, 2016; The Martian's Regress, 2020), Forward Prize shortlist (Assurances, 2018; Natural Mechanical, 2009) etc.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Aldeburgh Poetry Prize | Natural Mechanical | 最優秀処女作詩集 | Aldeburgh Festival | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Costa Poetry Award | Assurances | — | Costa Book Awards | 受賞 |
Aldeburgh Poetry Prize
2009
Work:
Natural Mechanical
Category:
最優秀処女作詩集
Organization:
Aldeburgh Festival
Result:
受賞
Costa Poetry Award
2018
Work:
Assurances
Organization:
Costa Book Awards
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
At Maldon
2013 Epic poetryRevisits the Old English epic 'The Battle of Maldon', detailing events on the Essex coast in 991 CE.
HistoryBattleMemory
Assurances
2018 PoetryBased on RAF involvement in the Airborne Nuclear Deterrent during the early Cold War.
Nuclear deterrentCold WarFamily history
The Martian's Regress
2020 Science fiction poetrySet in the far future, explores what humans become when they lose their humanity and tamper with fragile environments.
FutureHumanityEnvironmental destruction
Bibliography
- Natural Mechanical (2009), Long Cuts (2011), At Maldon (2013), In Casting Off (2015), Interference Pattern (2016), Assurances (2018), The Martian's Regress (2020), Pupa (2021), Appliance (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Book-length single poemsSophisticated epic techniques
- Recurring Motifs
- Historical eventsFuturistic projectionsTechnology and humanity
Legacy
Highly acclaimed contemporary British poet, winner of Costa Poetry Award.