Carol Rumens
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Carol Rumens FRSL is a British poet
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in 2001.
She taught at University of Kent at Canterbury
(1983-5), Queen's University Belfast (1991-3 and 1995-8)), University College Cork (1994), University of Stockholm (1999), and University of Hull
. As visiting Professor of Creative Writing, she now teaches at the University of Wales, Bangor. and the University of Hull.
Rumens was Poetry Editor for the publisher Quarto (1982-4) and the Literary Review (1984–1988). Her work has appeared in The Guardian, and Harper's. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
in 1984.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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Life
Carol Rumens was born in Forest Hill, South London. She won a scholarship to grammar school and later studied Philosophy at London University, but left before completing her degree. She gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Writing for the Stage (with Distinction) from City College ManchesterCity College Manchester
City College Manchester was a network of further education campuses in Manchester, England.It was the largest provider of "Offender Learning" in the Greater Manchester region.-Merger with MANCAT in 2008:...
in 2001.
She taught at University of Kent at Canterbury
University of Kent
The University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...
(1983-5), Queen's University Belfast (1991-3 and 1995-8)), University College Cork (1994), University of Stockholm (1999), and University of Hull
University of Hull
The University of Hull, known informally as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
. As visiting Professor of Creative Writing, she now teaches at the University of Wales, Bangor. and the University of Hull.
Rumens was Poetry Editor for the publisher Quarto (1982-4) and the Literary Review (1984–1988). Her work has appeared in The Guardian, and Harper's. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Royal Society of Literature
The Royal Society of Literature is the "senior literary organisation in Britain". It was founded in 1820 by George IV, in order to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". The Society's first president was Thomas Burgess, who later became the Bishop of Salisbury...
in 1984.
Awards
- 1981 Alice Hunt Bartlett Award (joint winner) Unplayed Music
- 1981 New Statesman Prudence Farmer Award An Easter Garland
- 1984 Cholmondeley AwardCholmondeley AwardThe Cholmondeley Award is an annual award for poetry given by the Society of Authors in the United Kingdom. Awards honour distinguished poets, from a fund endowed by the late Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley in 1966...
- 1998 Belfast Arts Award for Literature (shortlist) Holding Pattern
- 1998 Forward Poetry Prize (Best Single Poem) (shortlist - A Day in the Life of Farmer Dream)
- 2001 Cardiff International Poetry Competition (Fourth Prize - Kings of the Playground)
- 2001 National Poetry Competition (Stay in Touch)
- 2002 Forward Poetry Prize (Best Single Poem) (shortlist)
Poetry
- A Necklace of Mirrors Ulsterman, 1978
- Icon Waves The Star Wheel Press, 1986
Editor
- Slipping Glimpses: Winter Poetry Supplement (editor) Poetry Book Society, 1985
- Two Women Dancing: New and Selected Poems of Elizabeth Bartlett (editor) Bloodaxe, 1995
- Old City, New Rumours: A Hull Anthology (editor Five Leaves Press, 2010
Plays
- Nearly Siberia (Pascal Theatre Company, Newcastle and London, 1989)
- The Freak of the Week Show (EyeSpy Theatre Company, East Didsbury Studio, Manchester, 2001)
- Suzanne Hecabe (Arden School of Theatre, Manchester, 2002).
Translations
- Pencil Letter /Irina Ratushinskaya (translator) Bloodaxe, 1988
- After Pushkin (contributor) Carcanet, 2000 with Yuri Drobyshev
- Yevgenii Rein: Selected Poems (translator) Bloodaxe, 2001