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Name
  
Jean Sprackland

Role
  
Poet

Education
  
University of Kent



Books
  
Hard water, Tattoos for Mother's Day, Tilt

Jean sprackland winner of the 2007 costa poetry award


Jean Sprackland (born 1962) is an English poet and writer, the author of three collections of poetry and a book of essays about landscape and nature.

Contents

Hard water introduced and read by jean sprackland aqa places anthology


Biography

Originally from Burton upon Trent, Jean Sprackland studied English and Philosophy at the University of Kent at Canterbury, then taught for a few years before beginning to write poetry at age 30. She is Reader in Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and a Trustee of the Poetry Archive.

Published works

  • Tattoos for Mothers Day (Spike, 1997)
  • Hard Water (Cape, 2003)
  • Ellipsis: Vol. I (with Sean O'Brien and Tim Cooke; Comma Press, 2005)
  • Our Thoughts are Bees: Working with Writers and Schools (with Mandy Coe; Wordplay Press, 2005)
  • Tilt (Cape, 2007)
  • Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach (Cape, 2012)
  • Sleeping Keys (Random House, 2013)

    • Awards and honors

  • 1998: Forward Poetry Prize (Best First Collection) shortlist, Tattoos for Mothers Day
  • 2003: T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist, Hard Water
  • 2003: Whitbread Poetry Award shortlist, Hard Water
  • 2004: Next Generation poet
  • 2007: Costa Poetry Award, Tilt
  • 2007: Forward Poetry Prize (Best Single Poem) shortlist, "The Birkdale Nightingale"
  • 2012: Portico Prize for Literature (Non-fiction), Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach

    • References

    Jean Sprackland Wikipedia
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