Kathryn Simmonds
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Kathryn Simmonds (born 1972) is a British poet and short story writer.
Life
[edit | edit source]She was born in Hertfordshire and 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Poetry collections
[edit | edit source]- Snug, Smith/Doorstop 2004
- Sunday at the Skin Launderette, Seren 2008
- The Visitations, Seren 2013[1]
Novels
[edit | edit source]- Love and Fallout, Seren 2014
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Profile and poems at The Poetry Archive, 2009 [permanent dead link]
- Seren Books profile
- University of East Anglia profile
- Simmonds poems featured in The Guardian, 29 August 2008
- Wigtown Poetry Prize. Simmonds profile Archived 20 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- "Winter Morning" and "The Woman Who Worried Herself To Death". The Poem 2007
Short stories
[edit | edit source]- "The Chest", Barcelona Review, 2009
- "This Little Piggy", Barcelona Review, 2004
- "A Quiet Drink", Barcelona Review, 2006
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