Michael Symmons Roberts
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Michael Symmons Roberts was born in Preston, Lancashire, in 1963. He is a writer of books, poetry, operas, radio and TV scripts. Since 1993 he has worked as a documentary maker for BBC radio and TV, specialising in religious programmes.
He read Philosophy and Theology at Regent's Park College, Oxford. He is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Manchester Metropolitan University. His collaboration with composer James MacMillan has led to two BBC Proms choral commissions, a song cycle and a new opera for the Welsh National Opera.
[edit] Works
- Soft Keys, (Secker and Warburg 1993), ISBN 0-436-41988-2
- Raising Sparks, (Cape 1999), ISBN 0-224-05902-5
- Burning Babylon, (Cape 2001), ISBN 0-224-06185-2
- Limekilns, Redundant Press, (2002) limited edition
- Corpus, (Cape 2004) (shortlisted for the 2005 International Griffin Poetry Prize), ISBN 0-224-07342-7
- Patrick's Alphabet, (Cape 2006), ISBN 0-224-07596-9
- The Miracles of Jesus, Lion Hudson (2006), ISBN 0-7459-5194-5, an official tie-in to the TV series presented by Rageh Omaar
[edit] Awards and prizes
He has won:
- Eric Gregory Award (1988)
- Poetry Book Society Recommendation (2001 and 2004)
- Sandford St Martin Premier Award (2002)
- K Blundell Trust Award (2003)
- Whitbread Poetry Award (2004)
He has been shortlisted for:
- T S Eliot Prize (2001 and 2004)
- Forward Poetry Prize (Best Poetry Collection of the Year) (2004)
- Griffin International Poetry Prize (2005)
[edit] External links
- Michael Symmons Roberts author Web site
- Griffin Poetry Prize biography
- Griffin Poetry Prize audio/video clips
- CBC Radio's Tapestry interview with Michael Symmons Roberts
- New coup for Writing School — MMU news item
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