Kit Wright | |
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Born | Crockham Hill, England | 17 June 1944
Alma mater | Oxford University |
Known for | Poet and children's author |
Awards | Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize; Hawthornden Prize; Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize; Heinemann Award |
Kit Wright FRSL (born 17 June 1944) is an English writer who is the author of more than twenty-five books, for both adults and children, [1] and the winner of awards including an Arts Council Writers' Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Hawthornden Prize, the Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize and the Heinemann Award. After a scholarship to Oxford University, he worked as a lecturer at Brock University, St Catherine's, in Canada, then returned to England and a position in the Poetry Society. He is currently a full-time writer.
Wright was born in Crockham Hill, Kent. Educated at Oxford University, Wright moved to Canada to work as a lecturer. [2] In 1970, he returned to London to work as an Education Officer for the Poetry Society until 1975. From 1977 to 1979, he was Fellow Commoner in Creative Art at Cambridge University. He subsequently returned to London and works full-time as a writer. He currently[ when? ] contributes monthly to The Oldie magazine.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 1997. [3]
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