Clare Pollard
| Clare Pollard | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1978 Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Cambridge University |
| Known for | Poetry |
| Website |
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Clare Pollard (born 1978, England) is a poet and playwright.
Early life and education
Pollard was raised in Bolton. She was educated at Turton School in Bromley Cross. She read English at Cambridge University.[1]
Career
At age 19 Pollard published her first poetry collection, The Heavy-Petting Zoo (Bloodaxe Books Ltd. (1997)) [2] In 2000, Pollard won a Society of Authors Eric Gregory Award. In 2004, her play The Weather was performed at the Royal Court Theatre. In 2007, My Male Muse, a radio documentary was broadcast on BBC Radio 4.[3][4] In 2009, Pollard and James Byrne edited the Bloodaxe young poets showcase titled Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century.[5] Pollard has been a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Essex University.[6] In 2013, she was the judge for the inaugural international Hippocrates Prize for Young Poets.
Selected bibliography
- The Heavy Petting Zoo (1998).[7]
- Bedtime (2002).[8]
- Look, Clare! Look! (2005).[9]
- Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century (2009).[10]
- Changling (2011).[11]
- Ovid's Heroines (2013).[12]
References
- ↑ Clare Pollard. Poetry International Web.
- ↑ Sears J. The Heavy-Petting Zoo by Clare Pollard. Pop Matters
- ↑ The Weather bear hug Royal Court London. The Independent. Accessed 20 September 2015.
- ↑ Staff Fleet Architects. Accessed 20 September 2015.
- ↑ Crown S. Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century. The Guardian Accessed 20 September 2015.
- ↑ British Council for Literature - Clare Pollard Contemporarywriters.com Accessed 20 September 2015.
- ↑ Pollard, C. The Heavy Petting Zoo. Bloodaxe Books, Hexham, England 1998. ISBN 978-1852244811.
- ↑ Pollard, C. Bedtime. Bloodaxe Books, Hexham, England, 2002 ISBN 978-1852245931.
- ↑ Pollard, C. Look, Clare!, Look! Bloodaxe Books, Hexham, England, 2005. ISBN 978-1852247096.
- ↑ Pollard, C. and Byrne, J. (ed.) Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century. Bloodaxe Books, Hexham, England, 2009 ISBN 978-1852248383.
- ↑ Changling. The Poetry Archive 2011. ISBN 978-1852249113 Accessed 21 September 2015.
- ↑ Nota Benes. World Literature Today, 2013. ISBN 978-1852249762. Accessed 21 September 2015.