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Luke Kennard (poet)

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Luke Kennard (born 1981[1]) is a British poet, critic, novelist and lecturer.

He won an Eric Gregory Award in 2005[2] for his first collection The Solex Brothers.[3] His second collection, The Harbour Beyond The Movie, was shortlisted for the 2007 Forward Prize for Best Collection, making him the youngest ever poet to be nominated.[4] In 2014 he was named as one of the Poetry Book Society's Next Generation Poets.[5] His debut novel, The Transition, was published by Fourth Estate in March 2017.[6] The novel was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.[7] His poetry collection Notes on the Sonnets won the 2021 Forward Prize for Best Collection.

Publications

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  • The Solex Brothers (2005)
  • The Harbour Beyond The Movie (2007)
  • The Migraine Hotel (2009)
  • Planet Shaped Horse (2011)
  • The Necropolis Boat (2012)
  • Holophin (2012)
  • A Lost Expression (2012)
  • Cain (2016)
  • The Transition (2017)
  • Truffle Hound (2018)
  • Notes on the Sonnets (2021)
  • The Answer to Everything (2021)[8]
  • Bad Sermons (2021)[9]
  • Notes on the Sonnets (2021)[10]
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  1. ^ "Luke Kennard". Poetry International. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Eric Gregory Award Past Winners". The Society of Authors. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  3. ^ Kinson, Sarah (24 June 2008). "Why I Write: Luke Kennard". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  4. ^ Love, Emma (23 September 2007). "Rising star: Luke Kennard, Poet". The Observer. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. ^ "The Poetry Book Society, Next Generation Poets 2014". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014.
  6. ^ Natasha Onwuemezi (9 December 2015). "Luke Kennard's debut novel to Fourth Estate". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Book at Bedtime". BBC Radio 4.
  8. ^ "The Answer to Everything". HarperCollins
  9. ^ "Bad Sermons". Broken Sleep Books
  10. ^ "Penned in the Margins | Notes on the Sonnets". Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  11. ^ Saunders, Tristram Fane; Kennard, Luke (1 March 2024). "The best poetry books of 2024 so far". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 25 April 2024.