Forward Prizes for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2004) Excellence Award
Leontia Flynn
レオンティア・フリン
Reontia Furin
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1974-01-01 （Downpatrick）
- Nationality
- Northern Ireland
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Downpatrick, Co Down → Dundrum and Newcastle, Co Down → Belfast
Career
- Occupations
- Professor, Poet
- Active Years
- 2001-
- Affiliations
- Seamus Heaney Centre
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Nominations
- T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist (Profit and Loss), T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist (The Radio), Costa Prize shortlist, Michael Marks Award For Poetry Pamphlets shortlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's University Belfast | Faculty of Arts | English Department | PhD | 1990年代-2004 | United Kingdom |
| University of Edinburgh | — | Writing and Cultural Politics | MSc | — | United Kingdom |
| Trinity College Dublin | Faculty of Arts | English Department | — | — | Ireland |
| Assumption Grammar School | — | — | — | — | Northern Ireland |
Queen's University Belfast
Faculty of Arts
/ English Department
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1990年代-2004
Year of Graduation:
2004
Country:
United Kingdom
Thesis: Reading Medbh McGuckian
University of Edinburgh
Writing and Cultural Politics
Degree:
MSc
Country:
United Kingdom
Trinity College Dublin
Faculty of Arts
/ English Department
Country:
Ireland
Dropped out
Assumption Grammar School
Country:
Northern Ireland
Ballynahinch
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cholmondeley Award | Taking Liberties | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Irish Times Poetry Now award | The Radio | — | The Irish Times | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Prize for Irish Literature | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2014 | AWB Vincent Literary Award | — | — | Ireland Fund | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Eric Gregory Award | These Days | manuscript | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Forward Prize | These Days | Best first collection | — | 受賞 |
Cholmondeley Award
2024
Work:
Taking Liberties
Result:
受賞
Irish Times Poetry Now award
Work:
The Radio
Organization:
The Irish Times
Result:
受賞
Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Prize for Irish Literature
2011
Result:
受賞
AWB Vincent Literary Award
2014
Organization:
Ireland Fund
Result:
受賞
Eric Gregory Award
2001
Work:
These Days
Category:
manuscript
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Forward Prize
2004
Work:
These Days
Category:
Best first collection
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Taking Liberties
2023 PoetryPoetry collection
familypsychological inheritance
The Radio
2017 PoetryPoetry collection
technology
Profit and Loss
2011 PoetryPoetry collection
Drives
2008 PoetrySonnets, wikipedia poems
These Days
2004 PoetryFirst collection
Bibliography
- Taking Liberties (2023)
- The Radio (2017)
- Profit and Loss (2011)
- Drives (2008)
- These Days (2004)
- Nina Simone is Singing (2021, pamphlet)
- Slim New Book (2020, pamphlet)
- Reading Medbh McGuckian (2012, criticism)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- smart as a whip, lyrical, always on point
- Recurring Motifs
- familypsychological inheritanceAlzheimer's diseasetechnology
Legacy
One of the strongest and most skilful poetic voices of her generation
Quotes
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Anybody with an interest in poetry should be reading Leontia Flynn. Those with no interest should be reading her too: she has what it takes to overcome resistance…
Source: The Observer (2018)
Trivia
- Named one of twenty ‘Next Generation poets’ in 2004
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022