Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (2001) Winner
Selima Hill
セリマ・ヒル
Selima Hill
Aliases:
Selima Wood
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1945-10-13 （Hampstead）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Rural England → Wales → Dorset
Career
- Occupations
- poet, academic
- Active Years
- 1984-2024
- Affiliations
- Poetry School, Poetry Library, University of East Anglia, University of Exeter
- Nominations
- Forward Poetry Prize (Violet, 1997), T. S. Eliot Prize (Violet, 1997), Whitbread Poetry Award (Violet, 1997), T. S. Eliot Prize (Bunny, 2001), Forward Poetry Prize (People Who Like Meatballs, 2012), Costa Poetry Award (People Who Like Meatballs, 2012), T. S. Eliot Prize (Jutland, 2015), Roehampton Poetry Prize (Jutland), Roehampton Poetry Prize (The Magnitude of My Sublime Existence, 2017), Forward Prize (Men Who Feed Pigeons, 2021), T. S. Eliot Prize (Men Who Feed Pigeons, 2021)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge University | New Hall | Moral Sciences | — | 1965-1967 | United Kingdom |
Cambridge University
New Hall
/ Moral Sciences
Period:
1965-1967
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
United Kingdom
Attended on scholarship
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Cholmondeley Award | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Whitbread Poetry Award | Bunny | 詩部門 | — | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Michael Marks Poetry Award | Advice on Wearing Animal Prints | — | British Library | 受賞 |
| 2022 | King's Gold Medal for Poetry | — | — | The King | 受賞 |
Cholmondeley Award
1986
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
受賞
Whitbread Poetry Award
2001
Work:
Bunny
Category:
詩部門
Result:
受賞
Michael Marks Poetry Award
2010
Work:
Advice on Wearing Animal Prints
Organization:
British Library
Result:
受賞
King's Gold Medal for Poetry
2022
Organization:
The King
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Violet
1997 PoetryPoetry collection shortlisted for Forward Poetry Prize, T. S. Eliot Prize, and Whitbread Poetry Award.
lossfragility of mind
Bunny
2001 PoetryPoetry collection about a young girl growing up in the 1950s. Winner of Whitbread Poetry Award.
childhoodfamily
Bibliography
- Saying Hello at the Station (1984)
- The Accumulation of Small Acts of Kindness (1989)
- Trembling Hearts in the Bodies of Dogs (1994)
- Violet (1997)
- Jumping Over Trees (2000)
- Bunny (2001)
- Lou-Lou (2004)
- Gloria: Selected Poems (2008)
- The Hat (2008)
- Fruitcake (2009)
- People Who Like Meatballs (2012)
- The Sparkling Jewel of Naturism (2014)
- Jutland (2015)
- The Magnitude of My Sublime Existence (2016)
- Splash Like Jesus (2017)
- I May Be Stupid But I'm Not That Stupid (2019)
- Men Who Feed Pigeons (2021)
- Women in Comfortable Shoes (2023)
- Dancing Lessons for the Very Shy (2023)
- The Lonely Slug (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- surreal and candidquirky domesticitystriking imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- family relationshipslossmental fragilitychildhood memories
Legacy
Renowned British contemporary poet with a distinctive voice, winner of numerous major awards including the King's Gold Medal for Poetry selected by Simon Armitage. Her poetry explores the fragility and resilience of the mind.
Archives
- Hill (Selima) Archive, Newcastle University Library Special Collections and Archives
Quotes
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Selima Hill is an inimitable talent. The mind is fragile and unreliable in her poetry, but is also tenacious and surprising, capable of the most extraordinary responses, always fighting back with language as its survival kit.
Source: Simon Armitage, King's Gold Medal for Poetry 2022 (2023) -
Selima Hill's 1984 collection Saying Hello at the Station introduced arguably the most distinctive truth teller to emerge in British poetry since Sylvia Plath.
Source: Fiona Sampson, The Guardian (2008)
Trivia
- Born Selima Wood.
- Born into a family of artists.
- Taught creative writing in hospitals and prisons.