Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 37 (2007) Winner
Jean Sprackland
ジーン・スプラックランド
Jean Sprackland
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1962 （Burton upon Trent）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer, Professor of Creative Writing
- Active Years
- 1997-2024
- Affiliations
- Manchester Metropolitan University, Poetry Archive (Chair 2016-2020)
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Nominations
- 1998 Forward Poetry Prize (Best First Collection) shortlist, Tattoos for Mothers Day, 2003 T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist, Hard Water, 2003 Whitbread Poetry Award shortlist, Hard Water, 2007 Forward Poetry Prize (Best Single Poem) shortlist, The Birkdale Nightingale, 2021 PEN Ackerley Prize shortlist, These Silent Mansions: A life in graveyards
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kent | — | English and Philosophy | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of Kent
English and Philosophy
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Costa Poetry Award | Tilt | Poetry | Costa Book Awards | winner |
| 2012 | Portico Prize | Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach | Literature (Non-fiction) | — | winner |
Costa Poetry Award
2007
Work:
Tilt
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Costa Book Awards
Result:
winner
Portico Prize
2012
Work:
Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach
Category:
Literature (Non-fiction)
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Tilt
2007 poetryPoetry collection. Winner of Costa Poetry Award.
Hard Water
2003 poetryPoetry collection. Shortlisted for T. S. Eliot Prize and Whitbread Poetry Award.
Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach
2012 essays (non-fiction)A year of discoveries on the beach. Winner of Portico Prize.
These Silent Mansions: A life in graveyards
2020 essaysA life in graveyards.
Bibliography
- Tattoos for Mothers Day
- Hard Water
- Ellipsis: Vol. I
- Our Thoughts are Bees: Working with Writers and Schools
- Tilt
- Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach
- Sleeping Keys
- Green Noise
- These Silent Mansions: A life in graveyards
Translations of Works
- Spanish translation of Tilt: Inclinación (Komorebi Ediciones, Chile, 2018)
Legacy
Prominent contemporary English poet and writer. Winner of the Costa Poetry Award, Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.