Jen Hadfield

Jen Hadfield (born 1978) is an English poetryEnglish poet.

Life
Hadfield was born in Cheshire to a British father and Canadian mother. She She studied English Language and Literature at the University of Edinburgh, and then earned  an MLitt with distinction from the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde (where she was tutored by Tom Leonard).

Hadfield resides in Shetland, off the north-east coast of Scotland. She publishes a line of artbooks, using linocut, photography, woodwork, bookbinding and fly-tying, which she calls "Rogue Seeds".

Her third poetry collection, Byssus, is due to be published in early 2014.

Writing
Andrew Motion: "[S]he is a remarkably original poet near the beginning of what is obviously going to be a distinguished career."

Recognition
Hadfield also won an Eric Gregory Award in 2003.

She won the 2008 T.S. Eliot Prize for her second collection, Nigh-No-Place, the youngest author to ever have done so.

Publications

 * Almanacs. Tarset, Northumberland, UK: