Phoebe Power | |
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Born | 1993 (age 30–31) Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom |
Occupation | Poet |
Education | University of Cambridge |
Notable works | Shrines of Upper Austria |
Notable awards | |
Website | |
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Phoebe Power (born 1993) is a British poet whose work, Shrines of Upper Austria, won the Forward Prize for Poetry for Best First Collection.
Phoebe Power was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1993.[1] She was named a Foyle Young Poet of the Year in 2009. She later studied at the University of Cambridge where she led the Pembroke Poetry Society.[2] Power was a recipient of the Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2012.[2]
Power's full length poetry collection, Shrines of Upper Austria, was published by Carcanet Press in 2018. She was awarded the Forward Prize for Poetry for Best First Collection for the work.[1] The book was named one of four Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendations for 2018[3] and has been shortlisted for the 2018 T. S. Eliot Prize.[4] The collection was inspired by the life of Power's Austrian grandmother, who married a British soldier and emigrated to England after World War II.[5]
Yr | Work | Award | Result | Ref | |
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2012 | — | Eric Gregory Award | — | Won | |
2014 | — | Northern Writer Awards | — | Won | |
2018 | Shrines of Upper Austria | Forward Prizes for Poetry | Best First Collection | Won | |
T. S. Eliot Prize | — | Shortlisted | |||
2019 | Somerset Maugham Award | — | Won |