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Tessa Biddington

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Name
  
Tessa Biddington


Role
  
Poet

Tessa Biddington, (born 1954 in Pinner, north-west London) is a British poet.

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Life

Biddington works as a freelance trainer, raising awareness about domestic violence. She began writing in 1996. Her poetry has appeared in The New Welsh Review. In 2002, FAW! commissioned local poets Tessa Biddington and Keith Morgan; this work was featured on Forest of Dean Community Radio and performed at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.

Awards

  • 2000 Forward Poetry Prize for the best single poem The Death of Descartes
  • Lantern Show, Scott Base, 2001 Ottakar's Faber National Poetry Competition

    • Work

  • The Weight of Water, Like Starlings, Tess Biddington and Adam Burbage

    • Anthologies

  • The Forward book of poetry 2001 (Forward Publishing), Forward Publishing, 2000

    • References

    Tessa Biddington Wikipedia
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