Sophie Robinson

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Sophie Robinson (born 1985)^[1] is a contemporary English poet.

Background

Robinson's creative and critical work has been published in Pilot, How2, Dusie, and the anthologies Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century (Bloodaxe) and The Reality Street Book of Sonnets (Reality Street, 2008). She has performed her work in Ireland, as part of the SoundEye Festival,^[2] and America.^[3] An out lesbian,^[1] she lives in London, where she is researching a PhD in queer poetics at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Robinson was the poetry artist in residence at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2011.^[1]

Awards

2010 Lambda Literary Award nomination for a (Les Figues Press, 2009)
2010 Golden Crown Literary Society Goldie Award nomination for a (Les Figues Press, 2009)

Works

Killin' Kittenish (yt communications, 2006)
The Reality Street Book of Sonnets (Reality Street, 2008)
a (Les Figues Press, 2009)
Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century (Bloodaxe Books, 2009)
Lotion (Oystercatcher Press, 2010)
Infinite Difference: Other Poetries by U.K. Women Poets (Shearsman Books, 2010)
The Institute of Our Love in Disrepair (Bad Press, 2012)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Poetry Resident: Sophie Robinson". Victoria & Albert Museum.
↑ http://www.orgs.muohio.edu/meshworks/archive/SoundEye-2008/index.html
↑ http://www.lesfigues.com/lfp/175/sat-january-31-2009-730

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Name	Robinson, Sophie
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Short description	British poet
Date of birth	1985
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