Glyn Maxwell
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Glyn Maxwell (born in 1962) is a British poet.
[edit] Early life
Maxwell's parents were Welsh, but he was born and grew up in Welwyn Garden City. He studied English at Worcester College, Oxford. He began an MLit there, but in 1987 moved to America to study poetry and drama with Derek Walcott at Boston University.
[edit] Poetry and other work
His three earliest collections of poetry, Tale Of The Mayor's Son (1990), Out of the Rain (1992), Rest For The Wicked (1995) are collected as The Boys at Twilight: Poems 1990-1995 (2000).
In 1994 he was named one of the New Generation poets and he received the E. M. Forster Award in 1997. His book Time's Fool (2000) is a narrative poem written in terza rima. His most recent collection is The Nerve (2002).
His novel Blue Burneau (1994) was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Prize and the book Moon Country, published in 1996, describes a visit to Iceland with Simon Armitage.
He has also written plays, opera libretti and staged productions of his plays in his parents' garden in Welwyn. His verse monologue, The Best Man was turned into a feature film starring Danny Swanson.
He has taught at Amherst College, Columbia University and The New School in New York City. He became Poetry Editor of The New Republic in 2001. He is married and has one daughter.
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