Anthony Anaxagorou

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anthony Anaxagorou
Anthony Anaxagorou 2010
Anthony Anaxagorou 2010
BornMarch 1983 (age 38)
London, England, UK
OccupationPoet, writer, educator
NationalityBritish
Notable awardsMayor of London's Poetry Slam 2002 Groucho Maverick Award 2015
Website
anthonyanaxagorou.com

Anthony Anaxagorou is a British-born Cypriot poet, writer, publisher and educator. His published work includes several volumes of poetry, non-fiction and a collection of short stories. His second poetry collection, After the Formalities[1] (Penned in the Margins) was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2019.[2] In 2020 he published How To...Write It[3] with Merky Books (a Penguin Books imprint curated by Stormzy).[4][5]

Early life[]

Anthony Anaxagorou is of Cypriot origin. His mother is from Nicosia and his father from Famagusta.[6] He grew up in North London and attended Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet.[7]

Career[]

In 2002, Anaxagorou won the inaugural Mayor of London's Respect Poetry Slam[8] (now known as SLAMbassadors UK, the national youth slam championship[9]). In 2003, he appeared alongside fellow poet Kae Tempest on Young Nation, presented by Richard Blackwood, where he performed a number of poems themed around social issues relating to young people.[10] After an extended break from poetry, Anaxagorou began self-publishing in 2008. In 2010 he toured the UK supporting MOBO-winning artist Akala on the DoubleThink tour.

In 2012 Anaxagorou founded Out-Spoken, a monthly poetry and live music night,[11] where he remains Artistic Director. In 2019 Out-Spoken started a long-term residency at London's Southbank Centre.[12] In 2015 he founded Out-Spoken Press, an independent publisher of poetry and critical writing, which has published titles from authors including Raymond Antrobus, Sabrina Mahfouz, Fran Lock and Richard Georges.[13]

In 2015 he was awarded the 2015 Groucho Maverick Award[14] for his poetry and fiction.

His second poetry collection, After the Formalities (Penned in the Margins, 2019) was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2019. It was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation[15] and was a Guardian poetry book of the year.[16] In 2019 he was made an honorary lecturer of the University of Roehampton.[17]

In 2020 he published How To... Write It with Merky Books; a practical guide combining writing advice, craft and memoir.

Literary works[]

  • A Difficult Place To Be Human – 2012[18]
  • The Blink That Killed The Eye (Jacaranda, 2014)[19]
  • It Will Come To You EP - 2013[20]
  • Heterogeneous: New and Selected Poems (Out-Spoken Press, 2016)[21]
  • After the Formalities (Penned in the Margins, 2019)[22]
  • How To... Write It (Merky Books, 2020)[23]

References[]

  1. ^ Anaxagorou, Anthony (2019). After the formalities. Poetry Book Society. London. ISBN 978-1-908058-65-2. OCLC 1085947373.
  2. ^ "TS Eliot prize unveils shortlist of 'fearless poets'". the Guardian. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  3. ^ Anaxagorou, Anthony (15 October 2020). How to... write it: work with words. London. ISBN 978-1-5291-1879-7. OCLC 1180202677.
  4. ^ "#Merky Books". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Stormzy's #Merky Books to launch 'How To' series on activism, writing and other topics". Sky News. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Lobby for Cyprus - Our Work - Statements". Lobby for Cyprus. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Queen Elizabeth's School - New & Noteworthy". www.qebarnet.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Anthony Anaxagorou – SLAMbassadors". Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  9. ^ "SLAMbassadors". Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  10. ^ "elbo.ws". Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  11. ^ "On my radar: Madani Younis's cultural highlights". the Guardian. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Out-Spoken". www.southbankcentre.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Books". Out-Spoken. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  14. ^ "The Groucho Maverick Awards Nomination". Groucho Club. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Autumn Elections 2019". The Poetry Book Society. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Best poetry of 2019". the Guardian. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  17. ^ Roehampton, University of (18 February 2019). "Anthony Anaxagorou | In Conversation". University of Roehampton Blog. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Anthony Anaxagorou — A Difficult Place To Be Human". anthonyanaxagorou.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  19. ^ "The Blink That Killed The Eye". Jacaranda Books. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  20. ^ "Anthony Anaxagorou — It Will Come To You EP". anthonyanaxagorou.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  21. ^ Heterogeneous. ASIN 0993103839.
  22. ^ K. Mennis, 'Review | After the Formalities by Anthony Anaxagorou' (03/10/19) on The London Magazine
  23. ^ "How to Write It".

External links[]

Retrieved from ""