Sean O'Brien (writer)

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The poet Sean O'Brien is professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University in the north-east of England. He was appointed in autumn 2006. He was previously Professor of Poetry at Sheffield Hallam University.[1]

He is a British poet, critic, playwright, broadcaster, anthologist, short story writer and editor. He grew up in Hull and now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne.

His five collections of poetry to date have all won awards, most recently Downriver (Picador, 2001), which won the 2001 Forward Prize for Best Collection. Cousin Coat: Selected Poems 1976-2001 (Picador) was published in 2002. His book of essays on contemporary poetry, The Deregulated Muse (Bloodaxe), was published in 1998, as was his acclaimed anthology The Firebox: Poetry in Britain and Ireland after 1945 (Picador). He is a Vice-President of the Poetry Society.

Sean O'Brien's new verse version of Dante's Inferno was published by Picador in October 2006.

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