Anthony Anaxagorou
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Born | March 1983 (age 38) London, England, UK |
Occupation | Poet, writer, educator |
Nationality | British |
Notable awards | Mayor of London's Poetry Slam 2002 Groucho Maverick Award 2015 |
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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[]
- ^ Anaxagorou, Anthony (2019). After the formalities. Poetry Book Society. London. ISBN 978-1-908058-65-2. OCLC 1085947373.
- ^ "TS Eliot prize unveils shortlist of 'fearless poets'". the Guardian. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Anaxagorou, Anthony (15 October 2020). How to... write it: work with words. London. ISBN 978-1-5291-1879-7. OCLC 1180202677.
- ^ "#Merky Books". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Stormzy's #Merky Books to launch 'How To' series on activism, writing and other topics". Sky News. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Lobby for Cyprus - Our Work - Statements". Lobby for Cyprus. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth's School - New & Noteworthy". www.qebarnet.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ^ "Anthony Anaxagorou – SLAMbassadors". Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "SLAMbassadors". Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "elbo.ws". Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "On my radar: Madani Younis's cultural highlights". the Guardian. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Out-Spoken". www.southbankcentre.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Books". Out-Spoken. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "The Groucho Maverick Awards Nomination". Groucho Club. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Autumn Elections 2019". The Poetry Book Society. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Best poetry of 2019". the Guardian. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Roehampton, University of (18 February 2019). "Anthony Anaxagorou | In Conversation". University of Roehampton Blog. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Anthony Anaxagorou — A Difficult Place To Be Human". anthonyanaxagorou.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "The Blink That Killed The Eye". Jacaranda Books. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Anthony Anaxagorou — It Will Come To You EP". anthonyanaxagorou.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ Heterogeneous. ASIN 0993103839.
- ^ K. Mennis, 'Review | After the Formalities by Anthony Anaxagorou' (03/10/19) on The London Magazine
- ^ "How to Write It".
External links[]
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Writers from London
- English male poets
- English people of Greek Cypriot descent