Emily Berry
Emily Berry (born 1981 in London ) is a British poet.
Life
Emily Berry studied English at Leeds University and creative writing at Goldsmiths College . She is studying for a doctorate at the University of East Anglia .
In 2013, she published her first collection of poems, Dear Boy , which won the Hawthornden Prize and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection . In 2017 a second collection of poems will be published under the title Stranger, Baby .
Berry has been the editor of the traditional Poetry Review , founded in 1912, since 2017 ; among their predecessors were Muriel Spark , Adrian Henri and Andrew Motion .
Works (selection)
- Dear boy . London: Faber & Faber, 2013
- (Ed.): The Best British Poetry 2015 . Cromer: Salt, 2015
- Emily Berry, Anne Carson , Sophie Collins: If I'm Scared We Can't Win . London: Penguin Modern Poets, 2016
- Stranger, baby . London: Faber & Faber, 2017
Web links
- Literature by and about Emily Berry in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emily Berry is the new Editor of The Poetry Review , in: Poetry Review, November 28, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berry, Emily |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |