by George J. Dance
Paul Batchelor (born 1977) is an English poet, academic, and literary critic.
Courtesy PaulBatchelor.co.uk.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Batchelor was born in Northumbria.[1]
He attended Newcastle University, where he received a Ph.D.[1]
Career[]
Batchelor has taught English literature and creative writing for Durham University, MMU, and the Arvon Foundation.[2] He has worked as a literary critic for The Times and The Guardian.[3]
Recognition[]
Batchelor won the Andrew Waterhouse Award in 2004, a Poetry Business Prize in 2005, and an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2007.[4]
His debut collection, To Photograph a Snow Crystal, was a prize-winner in the Smith Doorstop pamphlet competition, and his earliest full-length collection, The Sinking Road, was shortlisted for the Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and the Glen Dimplex First Collection Prize in 2008.[3]
In 2009, Batchelor won both the Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition (with "Comeuppance") and the Stephen Spender Prize for Translation (with "The Damned").[3]
Awards[]
- 2011 Arthur Welton Award (from the Arthur Welton Foundation)
- 2010 Arts Council Bursary
- 2009 The Times Stephen Spender Prize for Translation
- 2009 Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition
- 2009 Writer of the Year (Journal Culture Awards)
- 2008 Jerwood-Aldeburgh Best First Collection Prize (shortlist)
- 2008 Glen Dimplex Best First Collection Prize (shortlist)
- 2005 Poetry Business Prize
- 2004 Andrew Waterhouse Award (from New Writing North)
- 2003 Eric Gregory Award
Except where noted, award information courtesy Paul Batchelor.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Fighting in the Captain's Tower (with J.P. Nosbaum). Syderstone, UK: Hawthorn, 2002.
- To Photograph a Snow Crystal. Smith/Doorstop 2006.
- The Sinking Road. Tarset, Northumberland, UK: Bloodaxe, 2008.
- The Love Darg. Thame, UK: Clutag Press, 2014.
Non-fiction[]
- Reading Barry McSweeney. Tarset, Northumberland, UK: Bloodaxe, 2013.
"Bubble" - by Paul Batchelor
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Biography, Paul Batchelor.co.uk. Web, Dec. 25, 2013.
- ↑ Saturday 16th March, 2.30 – 4.00 pm Poetry by Paul Batchelor and Frances Leviston; music by Sam Andreae, Corey Mwamba and Seth Bennett, Poets & Players. Web, Dec. 25, 20313.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Paul Batchelor (b. 1977), The Poetry Archive. Web, Dec. 25, 2013.
- ↑ Paul Batchelor, Poetry Society. Web, Aug. 28, 2015.
- ↑ Search results = au:Paul Batchelor, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Aug. 27, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Books
- The Sinking Road at Amazon.com
- Works by or about Paul Batchelor in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Audio / video
- Paul Batchelor (b. 1977) at The Poetry Archive
- Paul Batchelor at YouTube
- Paul Batchelor at Poets & Players
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