Kona Macphee

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Kona Macphee
Born1969 (age 54–55)
London
OccupationPoet, media producer, RLF fellow
NationalityBritish
Education Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Cambridge
Notable worksPerfect Blue
Notable awards Eric Gregory Award
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Website
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Kona Macphee is a British poet. She has published three poetry collections: Tails, Perfect Blue and What Long Miles. She is the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and was named the poetry book of the month for July 2013 by The Observer .[ citation needed ]

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Biography

Kona Macphee was born in London in 1969. She grew up in Melbourne, Australia, and studied musical composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She also studied violin at the University of Sydney, and computer science at Monash University. She later earned an M.Sc. at Cambridge University as a Commonwealth Scholar. [1]

She was awarded a year-long Royal Literary Fund fellowship to the University of Stirling in 2012-2013, and she has since provided technical and editorial services for many Royal Literary Fund projects. [2] She has worked in a variety of jobs, including web editor and developer, motorcycle mechanic and media producer. [3] [4]

Macphee's first poetry collection, Tails, was published in 2004 by Bloodaxe Books; her second collection, Perfect Blue (also with Bloodaxe Books), was published in 2010. [5] Perfect Blue was the recipient of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 2010. Her third poetry collection, What Long Miles (Bloodaxe Books), published in 2013, was named The Observer's poetry book of the month for July 2013. [6]

Macphee has taught poetry classes for various organizations including the Poetry Society, the Poetry School, the Arvon Foundation, and the Scottish Poetry Library. She currently lives in Perthshire and works in media production. [3] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kona Macphee Author". Bloodaxe Books. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Royal Literary Fund 'writers mosaic' page for Kona Macphee". writersmosaic.org. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Kona McPhee (b. 1969)". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kona Macphee Thingright". konamacphee.com. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Kona McPhee (Bloodaxe publications)". bloodaxebooks.com. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Kona Macphee poet". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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