Antony Dunn

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Antony Dunn

Born June 26, 1973(1973-06-26)
London, England

Antony Dunn is an English poet and dramatist. He was born in London in 1973. He won the Newdigate Prize in 1995 and received a Society of Authors Eric Gregory Award in 2000. He has published two collections of poems, Pilots and Navigators (Oxford Poets 1998) and Flying Fish, (Carcanet OxfordPoets 2002) and a third, Bugs, is forthcoming.

Antony Dunn was Poet in Residence at the University of York for 2006.

His writing for theatre and film has included Goose Chase and Shepherds' Delight (both for Riding Lights Theatre Company), Timewarp 2000 (Barbican, York) and a screen adaption of Albert Camus' stageplay, Cross Purpose (First Man Productions). In 2006 he contributed lyrics to Mark Ravenhill's pantomime, Dick Whittington and His Cat (Barbican, London).