Nick Drake (poet)

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Name Nick Drake Role Poet		Movies Romulus, My Father


Nominations Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay, CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award Books Nefertiti, Egypt: The Book of Chaos, The Farewell Glacier, Fashion Illustration Today, The man in the white suit Similar People Richard Roxburgh, Nefertiti, Eric Bana, Kodi Smit‑McPhee, Marton Csokas

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Nick Drake (born 1961 London) is a British poet and mystery writer.

Life

He lives and works in London. His most recent projects include a stage adaptation of Philippe Petit’s To Reach the Clouds and a screenplay for the film Romulus, My Father.

Awards

1999 Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection, for The Man in the White Suit

Poetry

"From the Song Dynasty". The Guardian. London. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2012.

"Live Air". The Independent. London. 16 July 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2010.

"Static". The Guardian. London. 5 June 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2010.

Collections:

The Man in the White Suit. Bloodaxe Books. 1999. ISBN 978-1-85224-488-0. , was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation

From the Word Go. Bloodaxe. 2007. ISBN 978-1-85224-714-0.

The Egypt Trilogy

Historical mysteries featuring the detective Rahotep

Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead. Bantam. 2006. ISBN 978-0 593 05401 7.

Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows. Bantam. 2008. ISBN 978-0-593-05402-4.

Egypt: The Book of Chaos. Bantam. 2011. ISBN 978-0-06-076594-1.

Other

Romulus, My father: screenplay. Currency Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-86819-810-1.

Plays

All the Angels, stage play with music from The Messiah for the Sam Wanamaker Theatre, London, 2015

References

Nick Drake (poet) Wikipedia

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