Susan Wicks
Encyclopedia
Susan Wicks is a British poet
, and novelist.
She studied at the University of Hull
, University of Sussex
. She taught at University College, Dublin, University of Dijon, and the University of Kent
.
She teaches at Goldsmiths, University of London.
She lives in Tunbridge Wells.
The Clever Daughter was shortlisted for both the 1996 T. S. Eliot Prize
, and 1996 Forward Poetry Prize
.
Cold Spring in Winter was shortlisted for the 2010 Griffin Poetry Prize
, and the 2010 Weidenfeld Translation Prize.
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...
, and novelist.
She studied at the 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...
, University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
. She taught at University College, Dublin, University of Dijon, and the University of Kent
University of Kent
The University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...
.
She teaches at Goldsmiths, University of London.
She lives in Tunbridge Wells.
Awards
Singing Underwater won the 1992 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Prize.The Clever Daughter was shortlisted for both the 1996 T. S. Eliot Prize
T. S. Eliot Prize
The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is awarded by the Poetry Book Society to "the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland" in any particular year. The Prize was inaugurated in 1993 in celebration of the Poetry Book Society's 40th birthday and in...
, and 1996 Forward Poetry Prize
Forward Poetry Prize
The Forward Poetry Prizes were created in 1991. The aim of the prizes is to extend the audience for contemporary poetry. Until the T.S. Eliot Prize remuneration was increased to £15,000 plus £1000 to each of nine runners-up, the Forward was the United Kingdom's most valuable annual poetry...
.
Cold Spring in Winter was shortlisted for the 2010 Griffin Poetry Prize
Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language....
, and the 2010 Weidenfeld Translation Prize.
Poetry
- "Nuclear", The Guardian, 6 July 2009
- "In a Wing-Mirror", poetrypf
- "Deer in Summer; "Cover"; "Deer Grazing"; "Deer in Darkness"; "Morning"; "What She Was", black manifold Issue No. 5 (July 2010)
- Singing Underwater, Faber and Faber, 1992 ISBN 9780571167241
- Open diagnosis , Faber and Faber, 1994, ISBN 9780571171392
- The Clever Daughter, Faber and Faber, 1996, ISBN 9780571179268
- Night Toad: New & Selected Poems, Bloodaxe, 2003, ISBN 9781852246365
- De-iced, Bloodaxe, 2007, ISBN 9781852247553
- Valérie Rouzeau, Cold Spring in Winter, Arc, 2009, ISBN 9781904614302
- House of Tongues, Bloodaxe, 2011
Novels
- The Key, Faber and Faber, 1997, ISBN 9780571179190
- Little Thing. Faber and Faber, 1998, ISBN 9780571193448