Forward Prizes for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1997) Winner
Lavinia Greenlaw
ラヴィニア・グリーンラウ
Ravinia Guriinroo
Aliases:
Lavinia Elaine Greenlaw
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1962-07-30 （London, England）
- Nationality
- British, English
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London (most of her life) → village in Essex (aged 11 for seven years)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, non-fiction writer, Professor of Creative Writing (Poetry)
- Active Years
- 1991-
- Affiliations
- Royal Holloway, University of London, Royal Society of Literature, The Poetry Society
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Former Chair of The Poetry Society, Council member of the Royal Society of Literature
- Nominations
- T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist, Whitbread Poetry Prize shortlists, Forward, Costa Poetry Award 2014 etc.
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Polytechnic | Modern Arts | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| London College of Printing | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Courtauld Institute | — | Art History | MA | — | United Kingdom |
Kingston Polytechnic
Modern Arts
Country:
United Kingdom
London College of Printing
Country:
United Kingdom
Courtauld Institute
Art History
Degree:
MA
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Forward Prize | A World Where News Travelled Slowly | Best Single Poem | Forward Arts Foundation | Winner |
| 2001 | Prix du Premier Roman | Mary George of Allnorthover | Etranger | — | Winner |
| 2011 | Ted Hughes Award | Audio Obscura | New Work in Poetry | — | Winner |
Forward Prize
1997
Work:
A World Where News Travelled Slowly
Category:
Best Single Poem
Organization:
Forward Arts Foundation
Result:
Winner
Prix du Premier Roman
2001
Work:
Mary George of Allnorthover
Category:
Etranger
Result:
Winner
Ted Hughes Award
2011
Work:
Audio Obscura
Category:
New Work in Poetry
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Night Photograph
1993 PoetryHer first full-length poetry collection, shortlisted for Whitbread and Forward Poetry Prizes.
lightnight
A World Where News Travelled Slowly
1997 PoetrySecond collection; title poem won Forward Prize for Best Single Poem.
timeisolation
Mary George of Allnorthover
2001 NovelFirst novel, winner of Prix du Premier Roman.
homeloss
Minsk
2003 PoetryShortlisted for T. S. Eliot, Forward and Whitbread Poetry Prizes.
A Double Sorrow: A Version of Troilus and Criseyde
2014 PoetryModern version of Chaucer's epic; shortlisted for Costa Poetry Award.
lovebetrayal
Audio Obscura
2011 Sound workCommissioned by Artangel; won Ted Hughes Award.
soundplace
Bibliography
- The Cost of Getting Lost in Space (1991)
- Love from a Foreign City (1992)
- Night Photograph (1993)
- A World Where News Travelled Slowly (1997)
- Mary George of Allnorthover (2001)
- Minsk (2003)
- Thoughts of a Night Sea (2003)
- An Irresponsible Age (2006)
- The Importance of Music to Girls (2007)
- The Casual Perfect (2011)
- Questions of Travel: William Morris in Iceland (2011)
- A Double Sorrow: Troilus and Criseyde (2014)
- In the City of Love's Sleep (2018)
- The Built Moment (2019)
- Some Answers Without Questions (2021)
- The Vast Extent: On Seeing and Not Seeing Further (2024)
- Selected Poems (2024)
Translations by Author
- Poems by Noshi Gillani (2008)
- After-Images: Modern Poetry in Translation (2006)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- precisioncomplexity and elusivenessscientific enquiry
- Recurring Motifs
- displacementlossbelongingsciencelight
Legacy
One of the leading contemporary English poets, noted for precision and themes of loss and belonging. First artist-in-residence at Science Museum, FRSL, Professor at Royal Holloway.
In Popular Culture
- Appeared in BBC documentaries like Top of the Pops: The Story of 1976
Trivia
- Born into a medical and scientific family.
- First artist-in-residence at the Science Museum (1994–1995).
- Appointed Poetry Editor at Faber and Faber in 2023.