Emily Berry
English poet and writer (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emily Berry FRSL (born 1981) is an English poet and writer.
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Born | 1981 (age 42ā43) London, England |
Occupation | Poet |
Education | University of Leeds Goldsmiths College University of East Anglia |
Notable works | Dear Boy (2013), Stranger Baby (2017), "Unexhausted Time" (2022) |
Notable awards | Forward Prizes for Poetry |
Berry was born and raised in London and studied English literature at Leeds University, and Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College. As of 2017, she was completing a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of East Anglia.[1]
She was one of five to be awarded an Eric Gregory Award in 2008.[2] Her pamphlet Stingray Fevers was published by tall-lighthouse in 2008.[3] Her debut collection of poems, Dear Boy (Faber & Faber, 2013), won the Hawthornden Prize, and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. She is a contributor to The Breakfast Bible (Bloomsbury, 2013). Her second collection, entitled Stranger, Baby, was published by Faber & Faber in 2017.[3] Her third collection, Unexhausted Time was published by Faber & Faber in 2022.[4]
From 2017 until 2022, Berry was the editor of Poetry Review, the UK's most widely read poetry magazine. Berry succeeded Maurice Riondan in the role.[1]
In June 2018 Berry was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in its "40 Under 40" initiative.[citation needed]