Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
Kate Clanchy
ケイト・クランチー
Keito Kuranchī
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1965-01-01 （Glasgow, Scotland）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- East End of London → Oxford
Career
- Occupations
- poet, freelance writer, teacher
- Active Years
- 1995-2024
- Affiliations
- Oxford Brookes University, Mansfield College, Oxford, Oxford Spires Academy
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) (2010, resigned 2023)
- Nominations
- Costa Book Awards 2013 (First Novel) shortlist for Meeting the English, Ted Hughes Award 2015 shortlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Watson's College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Oxford | — | English | — | — | United Kingdom |
George Watson's College
Country:
United Kingdom
independent school in Edinburgh
University of Oxford
English
Country:
United Kingdom
studied English
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Eric Gregory Award | — | — | Society of Authors | Winner |
| 1997 | Forward Poetry Prize | Slattern | Best First Collection | Forward Arts Foundation | Winner |
| 1996 | Scottish First Book of the Year | Slattern | — | Saltire Society | Winner |
| 1997 | Somerset Maugham Award | Slattern | — | Society of Authors | Winner |
| 2009 | BBC National Short Story Prize | The Not-Dead and the Saved | — | BBC | Winner |
| 2020 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing | Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me | — | The Orwell Foundation | Winner |
| 2018 | Cholmondeley Award | — | — | Society of Authors | Winner |
| 2018 | Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) | — | — | British Monarchy | Honour |
Eric Gregory Award
1995
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
Winner
Forward Poetry Prize
1997
Work:
Slattern
Category:
Best First Collection
Organization:
Forward Arts Foundation
Result:
Winner
Scottish First Book of the Year
1996
Work:
Slattern
Organization:
Saltire Society
Result:
Winner
Somerset Maugham Award
1997
Work:
Slattern
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
Winner
BBC National Short Story Prize
2009
Work:
The Not-Dead and the Saved
Organization:
BBC
Result:
Winner
Orwell Prize for Political Writing
2020
Work:
Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me
Organization:
The Orwell Foundation
Result:
Winner
Cholmondeley Award
2018
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
Winner
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
2018
Organization:
British Monarchy
Result:
Honour
Awards & Nominations
Orwell Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 27 (2020) Winner
Works
Major Works
Slattern
1995 poetry collectionDebut poetry collection, winner of multiple awards.
women's experienceseveryday life
Samarkand
1999 poetry collectionPoetry collection.
Newborn
2004 poetry collectionPoetry collection.
Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me
2019 memoirMemoir of teaching experiences. Won Orwell Prize but sparked controversy.
educationimmigrant children
How to Grow Your Own Poem
2020 poetry writing guideSelf-help guide to writing poetry.
Bibliography
- Samarkand
- Slattern
- All The Poems You Need To Say Hello
- Our Cat Henry Comes to the Swings
- Newborn
- What Is She Doing Here?: A Refugee's Story
- Antigona and Me
- Meeting the English
- The Not Dead and the Saved
- England: Poems from a School
- Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me
- How to Grow Your Own Poem
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- accessible and narrative style
- Recurring Motifs
- educationimmigrant experiencesfamily
Legacy
Prominent British poet and teacher known for editing student poetry anthologies. Became a symbol of cancel culture debate in publishing due to 2021 criticism of racist tropes in her memoir. Now published by Swift Press.
In Popular Culture
- Featured in 2021 publishing cancel culture controversy and sensitivity readers debate
Trivia
- Daughter of medieval historian Michael Clanchy
- Appointed MBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours
- Lost both parents to COVID-19 in 2021