Phoebe Power

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Phoebe Power
Born1993 (age 27–28)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom
OccupationPoet
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
Notable worksShrines of Upper Austria
Notable awardsForward Prizes for Poetry

Phoebe Power (1993) is a British poet, whose work, Shrines of Upper Austria, won the Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection.

Biography[]

Phoebe Power was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1993.[1] She was named a Foyle Young Poet of the Year in 2009. She later studied at the University of Cambridge where she led the Pembroke Poetry Society.[2] Power was a recipient of the Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2012.[2]

Power's full length poetry collection, Shrines of Upper Austria was published by Carcanet Press in 2018. She was awarded the Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection for the work.[1] The book was named one of four Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendations for 2018[3] and has been shortlisted for the 2018 T. S. Eliot Prize.[4] The collection was inspired by the life of Power's Austrian grandmother, who married a British soldier and emigrated to England after World War II.[5]

Power lives in York.[6]

Work[]

  • —(2021), with Katrina Porteous, Sea Change (Guillemot Press), ISBN 978-1-913749-12-5
  • —(2017), Shrines of Upper Austria, (Carcanet), ISBN 9780571331321
  • —(2016), Harp Duet, (Eyewear), pamphlet

Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Phoebe Power". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Phoebe Power, Poetry 2014". Northern Writers Awards. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. ^ Chan, Mary Jean. "Meet Poebe Power". Poetry Book Society. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  4. ^ Flood, Alison (18 October 2018). "TS Eliot prize announces 'intensely political' shortlist". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  5. ^ Saunders, Tristram Fane. "Forward Prizes for Poetry: Danez Smith wins £10,000 award". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Phoebe Power". Carcanet Press. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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