Forward Prizes for Poetry
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Edition 25 (2016) Winner
Vahni Capildeo
ヴァーニ・カピルデオ
Vahni Capildeo
Aliases:
Surya Vahni Priya Capildeo / Vahni Anthony Ezekiel Capildeo
Profile
- Gender
- agender
- Born
- 1973 （Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago）
- Nationality
- Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Trinidad and Tobago (1973-1991) → United Kingdom (1991-2017) → Scotland (2017-present)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Poet, Professor
- Active Years
- 2003-2025
- Affiliations
- Oxford English Dictionary, Oxfam, University of York
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- William Carlos Williams, V. S. Naipaul, George Puttenham
- Influenced
- Nominations
- OCM Bocas Prize longlist (2012, Dark and Unaccustomed Words)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Church, Oxford | Faculty of English | Faculty of English Language and Literature | DPhil | 1990s-2001 | United Kingdom |
| Girton College, Cambridge | — | Research Fellowship | — | 2000-2004 | United Kingdom |
Christ Church, Oxford
Faculty of English
/ Faculty of English Language and Literature
Degree:
DPhil
Period:
1990s-2001
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
United Kingdom
Rhodes Scholarship
Girton College, Cambridge
Research Fellowship
Period:
2000-2004
Country:
United Kingdom
Intermitted for time in Trinidad and Jamaica
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Forward Prize for Poetry | Measures of Expatriation | 最優秀詩集部門 | Forward Arts Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Cholmondeley Award | — | 詩部門 | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 2025 | Windham-Campbell Literature Prize | — | 詩部門 | — | 受賞 |
| 2025 | OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature | Polkadot Wounds | 詩部門 | Bocas Lit Fest | 受賞 |
Forward Prize for Poetry
2016
Work:
Measures of Expatriation
Category:
最優秀詩集部門
Organization:
Forward Arts Foundation
Result:
受賞
Cholmondeley Award
2018
Category:
詩部門
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Windham-Campbell Literature Prize
2025
Category:
詩部門
Result:
受賞
OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature
2025
Work:
Polkadot Wounds
Category:
詩部門
Organization:
Bocas Lit Fest
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Measures of Expatriation
2016 Poetry collectionA collection exploring expatriation, identity, language, and life between cultures.
ExpatriationIdentityLanguage
Polkadot Wounds
2024 Poetry collectionWinner of 2025 OCM Bocas Prize in poetry.
WoundsMemory
No Traveller Returns
2003 Poetry collectionA discontinuous meditation on identity and self-awareness.
IdentityTrinidad
Bibliography
- No Traveller Returns
- Person Animal Figure
- Undraining Sea
- All Your Houses
- Dark and Unaccustomed Words
- Utter
- Simple Complex Shapes
- Measures of Expatriation
- Seas and Trees
- Venus as a Bear
- Skin Can Hold
- Odyssey Calling
- Light Site
- The Dusty Angel
- Like a Tree, Walking
- A Happiness
- Polkadot Wounds
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- MultilingualismPrecise observationBlend of classical and contemporary
- Recurring Motifs
- Sense of expatriationPalimpsestic placesLanguage play
Legacy
Trinidad-born British poet from the Capildeo family, cousin of V.S. Naipaul. Winner of Forward Prize and other major awards, exploring identity and language in diverse poetry collections.
Trivia
- From the Capildeo family, cousin of V.S. Naipaul.
- Identifies as agender.
- Worked on the Oxford English Dictionary.