Forward Prizes for Poetry
2 appearances
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Edition 7 (1998) Winner
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Edition 14 (2005) Excellence Award
Paul Farley
ポール・ファーリー
Pōru Fārī
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1965-01-01 （Liverpool, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Liverpool → London → Brighton → Cumbria → Lancashire
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Writer, Broadcaster
- Active Years
- 1996-2025
- Affiliations
- Wordsworth Trust, Lancaster University
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Nominations
- Griffin International Poetry Prize 2007 shortlist (Tramp in Flames), T. S. Eliot Prize 2019 shortlist (The Mizzy), Costa Poetry Award 2019 shortlist (The Mizzy), T. S. Eliot Prize 2025 shortlist (When It Rained for a Million Years)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea College of Art & Design | Fine Art | Painting | — | — | United Kingdom |
Chelsea College of Art & Design
Fine Art
/ Painting
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Forward Poetry Prize | The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See You | Best First Collection | Forward Prizes for Poetry | winner |
| 1999 | Somerset Maugham Award | — | — | Society of Authors | winner |
| 1999 | Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award | — | — | Sunday Times | winner |
| 2002 | Whitbread Poetry Award | The Ice Age | — | Whitbread | winner |
| 2005 | Forward Poetry Prize | Liverpool Disappears for a Billionth of a Second | Best Single Poem | Forward Prizes for Poetry | winner |
| 2009 | Jerwood Award | Edgelands | Non-Fiction | Royal Society of Literature | winner |
| 2009 | E. M. Forster Award | — | — | American Academy of Arts & Letters | winner |
| 2013 | Cholmondeley Award | — | — | Society of Authors | winner |
Forward Poetry Prize
1998
Work:
The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See You
Category:
Best First Collection
Organization:
Forward Prizes for Poetry
Result:
winner
Somerset Maugham Award
1999
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
winner
Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award
1999
Organization:
Sunday Times
Result:
winner
Whitbread Poetry Award
2002
Work:
The Ice Age
Organization:
Whitbread
Result:
winner
Forward Poetry Prize
2005
Work:
Liverpool Disappears for a Billionth of a Second
Category:
Best Single Poem
Organization:
Forward Prizes for Poetry
Result:
winner
Jerwood Award
2009
Work:
Edgelands
Category:
Non-Fiction
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
winner
E. M. Forster Award
2009
Organization:
American Academy of Arts & Letters
Result:
winner
Cholmondeley Award
2013
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 32 (2002) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See You
1998 PoetryFarley's first poetry collection.
The Ice Age
2002 PoetrySecond poetry collection.
Tramp in Flames
2006 PoetryThird poetry collection.
Edgelands
2011 Non-fictionCo-authored with Michael Symmons Roberts, exploring England's edgelands.
The Mizzy
2019 PoetryFifth poetry collection.
Bibliography
- The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See You
- The Ice Age
- Distant Voices, Still Lives
- Tramp in Flames
- Field Recordings: BBC Poems (1998-2008)
- The Atlantic Tunnel: Selected Poems
- Edgelands: Journeys into England's True Wilderness
- The Dark Film
- Selected Poems
- Deaths of the Poets
- The Mizzy
- When It Rained for a Million Years
Legacy
Prominent British contemporary poet, winner of numerous poetry awards, also broadcaster and professor.