Olivia Cole (poet)

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Olivia Cole (born 1981) is a British poet. [1]

Biography

Cole was born and raised in Kent, and read English at Christ Church, Oxford.

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After being a winner of the 2003 Eric Gregory Award, [2] [3] Cole quickly made her mark as a poet. In 2006, she appeared on the BBC documentary, Betjeman & Me: Griff Rhys Jones.

Her first collection, Restricted View, was published in 2009. [4]

Cole also works as a journalist in London and has written for The Spectator , [5] the Financial Times , [6] the London Evening Standard [7] and The New Statesman. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Olivia Cole CliveJames.com
  2. ↑ Olivia's poetry in motion Londoner's Diary, Evening Standard, 20 October 2009
  3. ↑ In Gatsby's Shadow: The Story of Charles Macomb Flandrau Powell's Books, 6 March 2005
  4. ↑ Forget 'honorary jokes': Carol Ann can show us why poetry matters Evening Standard, 1 May 2009
  5. ↑ Olivia Cole The Spectator
  6. ↑ Lives Like Loaded Guns FT.com, 15 February 2010
  7. ↑ Olivia Cole's Oscar week diary ES Magazine, Evening Standard, 9 March 2012
  8. ↑ "New Statesman". New Statesman. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.


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