Betty Trask Prize and Awards
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Edition 12 (1995) Winner
Martina Evans
マルチナ・エヴァンス
Marutina Evansu
Aliases:
née Cotter
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1961 （Burnfort, County Cork, Ireland）
- Nationality
- Irish
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- County Cork, Ireland → Dublin, Ireland → London, UK
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, radiographer
- Active Years
- 1995-2024
- Affiliations
- Birkbeck, University of London, City Literary Institute
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Royal Literary Fund Advisory Fellow
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for Poetry Now Award, Pigott Poetry Prize and Roehampton Poetry Prize (2019, Now We Can Talk Openly About Men), Shortlisted for PEN Heaney Prize (2024, The Coming Thing)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open University | — | English and Philosophy | BA | — | United Kingdom |
Open University
English and Philosophy
Degree:
BA
Country:
United Kingdom
Degree in English and Philosophy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Betty Trask Award | Midnight Feast | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Arts Council England award | No Drinking, No Dancing, No Doctors | — | Arts Council England | 受賞 |
| 2011 | International Premio Piero Ciampi prize | Facing the Public | poetry | — | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Grant for the Arts Award | Mountainy Men | narrative poem | Arts Council England | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Pigott Poetry Prize | American Mules | — | — | 受賞 |
Betty Trask Award
1995
Work:
Midnight Feast
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Arts Council England award
1999
Work:
No Drinking, No Dancing, No Doctors
Organization:
Arts Council England
Result:
受賞
International Premio Piero Ciampi prize
2011
Work:
Facing the Public
Category:
poetry
Result:
受賞
Grant for the Arts Award
2015
Work:
Mountainy Men
Category:
narrative poem
Organization:
Arts Council England
Result:
受賞
Pigott Poetry Prize
2022
Work:
American Mules
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
American Mules
2021 PoetryPoetry collection themed around America
memoryidentity
Now We Can Talk Openly About Men
2018 PoetryPoetry collection on war, women and wardrobes
warwomen
No Drinking, No Dancing, No Doctors
2001 NovelStory of a family with strict rules
familytradition
Bibliography
- Iniscarra Bar and Cycle Rest (1995)
- All Alcoholics are Charmers (1998)
- Midnight Feast (1996)
- The Glass Mountain (1997)
- No Drinking, No Dancing, No Doctors (2001)
- Can Dentists be Trusted? (2004)
- Facing the Public (2009)
- Petrol (2012)
- Burnfort, Las Vegas (2014)
- The Windows of Graceland: New and Selected Poems (2016)
- Now We Can Talk Openly About Men (2018)
- American Mules (2021)
- The Coming Thing (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- memory-based poetic expressionenriched imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- memoryhometownidentity
Legacy
Irish poet and novelist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, acclaimed for her poetry collections.
Quotes
-
Memory is the muse
Source: Interview -
Time is the best editor
Source: Interview
Trivia
- Youngest of ten children
- Parents ran a shop, bar and petrol pumps in the village