Daisy Lafarge

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Daisy Lafarge (born 1992) is a Glasgow-based poet and novelist.

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Career

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2016 - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Poetry Award 2018". 10 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Scotland's National Book Awards 2021 Winners". The Saltire Society. 27 November 2021.
  4. ↑ Ash, Lamorna (5 August 2021). "Paul by Daisy Lafarge review – a beautifully observed debut". The Guardian.
  5. ↑ Hitchens, Antonia (15 August 2022). "If Gauguin Were Alive Today…". The New York Times– via NYTimes.com.
  6. ↑ Fox-Martens, Ella (3 September 2022). "Tearing Down the Myth of Paul Gauguin". The Atlantic.
  7. ↑ "Paul: Intelligent, subtle debut is brilliantly unsettling". The Irish Times.
  8. ↑ "David Sylvian: ERR". davidsylvian.com. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Lovebug *signed bookplate edition*". Peninsula Press.
  10. ↑ Lafarge, Daisy (20 May 2023). "A Closeted College Freshman Learns a Thing or Two About Adulthood". The New York Times– via NYTimes.com.
  11. ↑ "daisy lafarge | Search". Wellcome Collection.
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