Nancy Campbell
Nancy Campbell | |
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Born | 1978 Exeter |
Occupation | Poet, non-fiction writer, artist |
Nationality | British |
Education | University of Oxford, The Center for Book Arts |
Nancy Campbell is a British poet, non-fiction writer and publisher of artist's books. Her first collection of poetry, Disko Bay (2015), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection.[1] Other works include The Library of Ice (2018) and Fifty Words for Snow (2020). In 2018, she was appointed Canal Laureate by the Poetry Society and the Canal & River Trust.[2]
Early life and education[]
Campbell was born in Exeter and grew up in the Scottish Borders and Northumberland.[3] She studied English Literature at the University of Oxford from 1996-9 before training in letterpress printing and typefounding at Barbarian Press, Woodside Press, The New York Center for Book Arts, Book Works and Alembic Press.[4]
Residencies and fellowships[]
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- 2010 Upernavik Museum, Greenland: Writer in Residence[5]
- 2012 Doverodde Book Arts Festival, Denmark: Writer in Residence[6]
- 2012 Síldarminjasafn (Herring Era Museum), Siglufjörður, Iceland: Writer in Residence
- 2013 Words Across Northumberland, UK: Writer in Residence[7]
- 2013-14 Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford: Visual and Performing Artist in Residence
- 2015 Herhusið, Iceland: Writer in Residence
- 2015 Ilulissat Kunstmuseum, Greenland: Writer in Residence[8]
Published works[]
- How to Say 'I Love You' in Greenlandic, Bird Editions, 2011
- Doverrode: Twenty Days in Denmark, Bird Editions, 2012
- ITOQQIPPOQ, Bird Editions, 2014
- Vantar | Missing, Bird Editions, 2014, ISBN 9780992809102
- Disko Bay, Enitharmon Editions, 2015, ISBN 9781910392188 - shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection.[5]
- Death of a Foster Son, Bird Editions, 2016, ISBN 9780992809119
- The Polar Tombola: A Book of Banished Words, Bird Editions, 2017, ISBN 9780992809126
- The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate, Simon and Schuster, 2018, ISBN 9781471169311 - longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize.[5]
- Navigations, Happenstance Press, 2020, ISBN 9781910131596
- Fifty Words for Snow, Elliot & Thompson Ltd, 2020, ISBN 978-1783964987
References[]
- ^ "Nancy Campbell". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ "Canal Laureate – The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ "Nancy Campbell (poet) - United Kingdom - Poetry International". www.poetryinternational.org. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "Artist's Books – Nancy Campbell". Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ a b c "Book review: Fifty Words for Snow, by Nancy Campbell". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
- ^ 5441225. "On the margins – Catalogue 2012, Doverodde Book Arts Festival IV". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Forward Arts Foundation in Conversation with Nancy Campbell". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
- ^ "Six Questions For Nancy Campbell". The Island Review. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- 21st-century British poets
- British women poets