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Susan Wicks

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Susan Wicks

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1947 (Kent, England)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Residence History
Tunbridge Wells, England

Career

Occupations
poet, novelist, translator
Active Years
1992-2024
Affiliations
University College, Dublin, University of Dijon, University of Kent, Goldsmiths, University of London
Nominations
1996 T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist (The Clever Daughter), 1996 Forward Poetry Prize shortlist (The Clever Daughter), 2010 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist (Cold Spring in Winter), 2010 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize shortlist (Cold Spring in Winter)

Education

University of Hull
Country: United Kingdom
studied at
University of Sussex
Country: United Kingdom
studied at

Awards

Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Prize
1992
Work: Singing Underwater
Organization: Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
Result: won
Scott Moncrieff Prize
2010
Work: Cold Spring in Winter
Result: won
Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize
2014
Work: Talking Vrouz
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Singing Underwater

1992 poetry

The Clever Daughter

1996 poetry

Night Toad: New & Selected Poems

2003 poetry

Bibliography

  • Singing Underwater (1992)
  • Open diagnosis (1994)
  • The Clever Daughter (1996)
  • Night Toad: New & Selected Poems (2003)
  • De-iced (2007)
  • House of Tongues (2011)
  • The Months (2016)
  • Cold Spring in Winter (2009, trans. Valérie Rouzeau)
  • Talking Vrouz (2013, trans. Valérie Rouzeau)
  • Writing the Real: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary French Poetry (2015)
  • Driving My Father (1995)
  • The Key (1997)
  • Little Thing (1998)
  • Roll Up for the Arabian Derby (2008)

Translations by Author

  • Cold Spring in Winter
  • Talking Vrouz
  • Writing the Real