A.K. Blakemore

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A.K. Blakemore (born in 1991) is an English author, poet, and translator.

Life and career[]

Blakemore was born in London in 1991.[1][2] She studied Language and Literature at the University of Oxford.[3] She has published two full-length collections of poetry, a novel, and a poet's manifesto, alongside translating the work of Sichuanese poet and contributing to various literary publications and collections.

Awards and recognition[]

Aged 15, she had her poem Peckham Rye Lane published in the London Evening Standard.[3] Blakemore was in 2007 and 2008.[2] She was awarded the 2014 which resulted in her publishing her first full-length collection of poetry Humbert Summer.[1][2][3] In 2017, The Poetry Society invited her to write a 'poetry manifesto', which she named "The flower is forever my capitain".[4] She appeared at the Greenbelt Festival in 2018.[5] Her second poetry collection, Fondue, was awarded the 2019 Ledbury Forte Prize.[6]

Books[]

The Manningtree Witches (2021)

Blakemore's first novel is a fictional account of the Essex witch trials published by Granta Books (UK) and Catapult (US). It has been positively reviewed in The Guardian.[7][8]

My Tenantless Body (2019)

Blakemore translated Sichuanese poet Yu Yoyo's collection of poetry in collaboration with Dave Haysom. This collection was published by the Poetry Translation Centre as part of their World Poets Series.[9]

Fondue (2018)

A full-length collection of poetry, published by and awarded the 2019 Ledbury Forte Prize for Best Second Collection.[6]

pro ana (2016)

Poetry collection published by .[2]

Humbert Summer (2015)

This full-length collection of poetry, published by after she won the 2014 Melita Hume Prize. She was interviewed on about this collection, reading five of the poems.[10]

Amy's Intro (2012)

Poetry collection by .[2]

Articles and Anthologies[]

Blakemore has written for and been featured in various literary publications including: The White Review,[1] the Poetry Foundation,[11] ,[12] Ambit,[13] the Poetry Society,[14] and Poetry London.[15]

Her work has been anthologised in Bloodaxe Books' Voice Recognition; 21 Poets for the 21st Century, 's Stop/Sharpening/Your/Knives, and Salt Publishing's The Best of British Poetry 2015.[15]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "A. K. Blakemore". The White Review. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "A K Blakemore (poet) - United Kingdom - Poetry International". www.poetryinternational.org. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "A.K. Blakemore: Wine, Morrissey and improving poetry". Artefact. 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  4. ^ "Manifesto: A.K. Blakemore – "The flower is forever my captain" – The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  5. ^ "AK Blakemore". Greenbelt. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "AK Blakemore | United Agents". www.unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  7. ^ O’Donnell, Paraic (2021-03-12). "The Manningtree Witches by AK Blakemore review – a darkly witty debut". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  8. ^ "The Manningtree Witches by AK Blakemore review – menacing and thrilling debut". The Guardian. 2021-03-29. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  9. ^ "Interview with AK Blakemore". www.poetrytranslation.org. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  10. ^ Ep. 52 - Amy K Blakemore (transcript available), retrieved 2021-04-05
  11. ^ Foundation, Poetry (2021-04-05). "father's last escape by A. K. Blakemore". Poetry Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  12. ^ "A.K. Blakemore — Hotel". partisanhotel.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  13. ^ "Ambit". ambitmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  14. ^ "A.K. Blakemore – The Poetry Society: Poems". Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b "An Epidemic of the Heart by A K Blakemore". Poetry London. 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2021-04-05.

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