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Luke Kennard

ルーク・ケナード

Rūku Kenādo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1981
Nationality
British
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
poet, critic, novelist, lecturer
Active Years
2005-2025
Nominations
Forward Prize for Best Collection shortlist (2007, The Harbour Beyond The Movie)

Awards

Eric Gregory Award
2005
Work: The Solex Brothers
Category: 詩
Organization: The Society of Authors
Result: 受賞
Forward Prize
2021
Work: Notes on the Sonnets
Category: 最優秀詩集
Organization: Forward Prizes for Poetry
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Solex Brothers

2005 poetry collection

Kennard's first poetry collection. Winner of Eric Gregory Award.

The Harbour Beyond The Movie

2007 poetry collection

Second poetry collection. Shortlisted for Forward Prize Best Collection.

Notes on the Sonnets

2021 poetry collection

Poetry collection on Shakespeare's sonnets. Winner of Forward Prize Best Collection.

The Transition

2017 novel

Debut novel. Adapted for BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.

Adaptations
  • [radio] Book at Bedtime (2017)

Bibliography

  • The Solex Brothers (2005)
  • The Harbour Beyond The Movie (2007)
  • The Migraine Hotel (2009)
  • Planet Shaped Horse (2011)
  • The Necropolis Boat (2012)
  • Holophin (2012)
  • A Lost Expression (2012)
  • Cain (2016)
  • The Transition (2017)
  • Truffle Hound (2018)
  • The Answer to Everything (2021)
  • Bad Sermons (2021)
  • Notes on the Sonnets (2021)
  • The Book of Jonah (2025)

Legacy

Recognized as one of the Next Generation Poets 2014, won Forward Prize for Best Collection.