Gillian Allnutt
Gillian Allnutt (born 15 January 1949) is an English
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.[1]
Life
Allnutt was born in
Newnham College in Cambridge.[4] She returned to the North East in 1988, and now lives in Esh Winning, County Durham
.
Her books Nantucket and the Angel and Lintel were both shortlisted for the
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2016. The Medal is awarded for excellence in poetry, and was presented to Gillian Allnutt by The Queen in February 2017.[6][4]
A photo of Gillian is on display in Room 37a at the National Portrait Gallery.[7]
Bibliography
Poetry
- Spitting the Pips Out (Sheba, 1981)
- Beginning the Avocado (Virago, 1987)
- Blackthorn (ISBN 978-1-85224-270-1
- Nantucket and the Angel (ISBN 978-1-85224-382-1
- Lintel (ISBN 978-1-85224-547-4
- Sojourner (ISBN 978-1-85224-669-3
- How the Bicycle Shone: New & Selected Poems (ISBN 978-1-85224-759-1
- indwelling (ISBN 978-1-85224-980-9
- wake (ISBN 978-1-78037-406-2
Anthologies
- The New British Poetry (Paladin, 1988) (co-editor)
Workbook
- Berthing: A Poetry Workbook (NEC/Virago, 1991)
References
- ^ "Gillian Allnutt awarded Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry". BBC. 21 December 2016.
- ^ Allnut, Gillian (6 August 2005). "The exile's return". The Guardian.
- ^ "Gillian Allnutt's publisher". Bloodaxe Books. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ a b Alumna Gillian Allnutt awarded Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 21 December 2016. Newnham College, Retrieved 7 March 2017
- ISBN 978-1-85224-980-9.
- ^ Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2016 Announced 21 December 2016
- ^ "Portrait - National Portrait Gallery". Retrieved 7 March 2017.
External links
- "Gillian Allnutt". Literature Northeast. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2007.
- "The Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award 2005". The Northern Rock Foundation. 15 March 2005. Retrieved 24 March 2007.
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