Daisy Lafarge (born 1992) is a Glasgow-based poet and novelist.
Born in Hastings, East Sussex, Lafarge studied Fine Art and History of Art at Edinburgh College of Art. [1] She later completed a PhD in Creative Writing, Geography and Molecular Epidemiology at the University of Glasgow in 2021.
She won an Eric Gregory Award in 2017, and was runner-up in the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award in 2018. [2] Her debut poetry book Life Without Air (Granta, 2020), was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize,[ citation needed ] and named Poetry Book of the Year in Scotland's National Book Awards. [3]
A novel, Paul, received a pre-publication Betty Trask Award in 2019, and was later published by Granta in 2021, to critical acclaim from The Guardian , [4] The New York Times , [5] The Atlantic [6] and The Irish Times . [7]
Lafarge collaborates frequently with visual artists. In July 2021 Grönland Records announced 'ERR', a photographic essay by David Sylvian, with text by Shinya Fujiwara and an untitled original poem by Lafarge. [8]
Lovebug, a nonfiction book exploring metaphors of love and infection, was published by Peninsula Press in 2023. [9]
Lafarge also writes about art, ecology and literature for publications and organisations such as The New York Times [10] and Wellcome Collection. [11]
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