Kathryn Simmonds
Kathryn Simmonds (born 1972 Hertfordshire) is a British poet, and short story writer.
Kathryn Simmonds, is a British poet, and short story writer.
Life[]
She graduated from the University of East Anglia with an MA in Creative Writing.
She has also experimented with playwriting, and her first radio play Poetry for Beginners, a comic drama set on a creative writing residential course, was broadcast on Radio 4 in 2008.
She lives in London, England, and teaches creative writing at the Poetry School and Morley College.
Awards[]
- 2002 Eric Gregory Award, from the Society of Authors
- 2004 Poetry Business competition
- 2006 Poetry London competition
- 2007 Asham Award shortlisted for "Pentecost"
- 2008 Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection
- 2008 Guardian First Book Award, longlisted
- 2008 Costa Book Awards, nominated Poetry category
Works[]
Poetry collections[]
- Snug, Smith/Doorstop 2004
- Sunday at the Skin Launderette, Seren 2008
- The Visitations, Seren 2013[1]
Novels[]
- Love and Fallout, Seren 2014
References[]
External links[]
- Profile and poems at The Poetry Archive, 2009
- Seren Books profile
- University of East Anglia profile
- Simmonds poems featured in The Guardian, 29 August 2008
- Wigtown Poetry Prize. Simmonds profile
- "Winter Morning" and "The Woman Who Worried Herself To Death". The Poem 2007
Short Stories[]
- "The Chest", Barcelona Review, 2009
- "This Little Piggy", Barcelona Review, 2004
- "A Quiet Drink", Barcelona Review, 2006
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Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- English women poets
- Alumni of the University of East Anglia
- 21st-century British poets
- 21st-century English women writers