Vicki Feaver

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Vicki Feaver
Born1943 (age 8081)
Nottingham, England
OccupationPoet
Education Durham University
University College, London
Notable worksThe Handless Maiden
Notable awards Forward Prizes for Poetry, Best Single Poem, for "Judith"
National Poetry Competition for the poem "Bats"
Spouse)

Vicki Feaver (born 1943) is an English poet. She has published three poetry collections. Feaver's poem "Judith", from her book, Handless Maiden, was awarded the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. The book was also the recipient of a Heinemann Prize and shortlisted for the Forward Prize. Feaver was also a recipient of a Cholmondeley Award. [1]

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Biography

Feaver was born in 1943 in Nottingham, England. She studied music at Durham University and English at University College, London, and later worked as a lecturer and tutor in English and Creative Writing at University College, Chichester, where she is an emeritus professor. [1]

On 14 January 2014, Feaver participated in the BBC Radio 3 series "The Essay - Letters to a Young Poet". Taking Rainer Maria Rilke's classic text Letters to a Young Poet as inspiration, leading poets wrote a letter to a protégé. [2]

Feaver lives in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. [1]

Collections of poetry

Other works

Prizes

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Vicki Feaver b. 1943". The Poetry Archive. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. "Vicki Feaver - Letters to a Young Poet". The Essay. BBC. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2019.