Phoebe Power

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Phoebe Power
Born1993 (age 3031)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom
OccupationPoet
Education University of Cambridge
Notable worksShrines of Upper Austria
Notable awards
Website
phoebepowerpoetry.wordpress.com

Phoebe Power (born 1993) is a British poet whose work, Shrines of Upper Austria, won the Forward Prize for Poetry for Best First Collection.

Contents

Biography

Phoebe Power was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1993. [1] She was named a Foyle Young Poet of the Year in 2009. She later studied at the University of Cambridge where she led the Pembroke Poetry Society. [2] Power was a recipient of the Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2012. [2]

Power's full length poetry collection, Shrines of Upper Austria, was published by Carcanet Press in 2018. She was awarded the Forward Prize for Poetry for Best First Collection for the work. [1] The book was named one of four Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendations for 2018 [3] and has been shortlisted for the 2018 T. S. Eliot Prize. [4] The collection was inspired by the life of Power's Austrian grandmother, who married a British soldier and emigrated to England after World War II. [5]

Power lives in York. [6]

Work

Awards

YrWorkAwardResultRef
2012 Eric Gregory Award Won
2014 Northern Writer Awards Won
2018Shrines of Upper Austria Forward Prizes for Poetry Best First CollectionWon
T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlisted
2019 Somerset Maugham Award Won

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References

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  4. Flood, Alison (18 October 2018). "TS Eliot prize announces 'intensely political' shortlist". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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  6. "Phoebe Power". Carcanet Press. Retrieved 23 September 2018.