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Miriam Nash

ミリアム・ナッシュ

Miriamu Nasshu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1985 （Inverness, Scotland）
Nationality
Scottish
Languages
English
Residence History
Inverness → Erraid → Findhorn commune → England → Wales → Peckham, London

Career

Occupations
Poet, performer, arts facilitator
Active Years
2013-2024
Affiliations
Ministry of Stories
Influenced By
Robert Louis Stevenson
Nominations
Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2016 shortlist, Seamus Heaney Centre Poetry Prize for First Full Collection 2018 shortlist

Education

Sarah Lawrence College
Poetry
Degree: MFA
Year of Graduation: 2014
Country: United States
Fulbright Scholarship to study poetry

Awards

Eric Gregory Award
2015
Organization: The Society of Authors
Result: winner
Somerset Maugham Award
2018
Work: All the Prayers in the House
Organization: The Society of Authors
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Small Change

2013 poetry pamphlet

A poetry pamphlet.

small changes

All the Prayers in the House

2017 poetry collection

Poetry collection featuring themes of lighthouses and Robert Louis Stevenson.

lighthousesRobert Louis Stevensonsense of place

The Nine Mothers of Heimdallr

2020 poetry pamphlet

Limited-edition pamphlet with artwork by her mother.

mythology

Bibliography

  • Small Change (2013)
  • All the Prayers in the House (2017)
  • The Nine Mothers of Heimdallr (2020)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
hypnotic sense of place
Recurring Motifs
lighthousesfamilymythology

Legacy

Recognized as a contemporary Scottish poet known for her hypnotic sense of place in poetry.

Trivia

  • Raised in the Findhorn commune.
  • Fulbright Scholarship recipient.
  • Writer-in-residence at Agatha Christie's Greenway.