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Antony Rowland

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by George J. Dance

Antony Rowland (born 1970) is an English poet and academic.[1]

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Antony Rowland. Courtesy Salt Publishing.

Life[]

Youth and education[]

Rowland was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire.[2]

He attended university at Hull and Leeds. His Ph.D. thesis was on the Holocaust poetry of Tony Harrison; he has continued his interest in that area, publishing Holocaust Poetry: Awkward Poetics in the Work of Sylvia Plath, Geoffrey Hill, Tony Harrison and Ted Hughes in 2005.[1]

Career[]

Rowland is a Professor of Literary Studies at the University of Salford,[3] where he teaches literature and creative writing.[2]

His poetry has appeared in journals, literary magazines, and anthologies including Critical Quarterly, Stand, P.N. Review, New Poetries III, and, Identity Parade: New British and Irish poets.[1]

Recognition[]

Rowland received an Eric Gregory Award in 2000, and a Learning Northwest Award in 2001.[2]

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • The Land of Green Ginger. Cambridge, UK: Salt, 2008.
  • Birkenau. Newton-le-Willows, UK: Knives Forks and Spoons Press, 2010.
  • I Am a Magenta Stick. London: Salt, 2012.

Non-fiction[]

  • Tony Harrison and the Holocaust. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2001.
  • Holocaust Poetry: Awkward poetics in the work of Sylvia Plath, Geoffrey Hill, Tony Harrison and Ted Hughes. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005.
  • Poetry as Testimony: Witnessing and memory in twentieth-century poems. New York: Routledge, 2013.

Edited[]

  • The Poetry of Carol Ann Duffy: Choosing tough words (edited with Angelica Michalis). Manchester, UK, & New York: Manchester University Press, 2003.
  • The Future of Memory (edited with Richard Crownshaw & Jane Kilby). New York: Berghahn Books, 2010.


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]

Audio / video[]

  • Antony Rowland: Reading from his poems. London: Poetry Archive, 2009.[1]

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Antony Rowland (b. 1970), The Poetry Archive. Web, Feb. 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Antony Rowland, Authors, Salt Publishing. Web, Feb. 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ The Future of Memory, Berghahn Books. Web, Feb. 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ Search results = au:Antony Rowland, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Feb. 27, 2014.

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