Paul Batchelor

Paul Batchelor is an English poet.

Life
Batchelor works as a literary critic for The Times and [[The Guardian].

Recognition
Batchelor's awards include an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors, a Poetry Business Prize, and the Andrew Waterhouse Award. His first publication, To Photograph a Snow Crystal, was a prize-winner in the Smith Doorstop pamphlet competition, and his first full-length collection, The Sinking Road, was shortlisted for the Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and the Glen Dimplex First Collection Prize in 2008. In 2009, Batchelor won both the Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition (with "Comeuppance") and the Stephen Spender Prize for Translation (with "The Damned").

Publications

 * ''To Photograph a Snow Crystal. Smith/Doorstop 2006.
 * The Sinking Road. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK: Bloodaxe Books, 2008.

''Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy The Poetry Archive.