Selima Hill. Courtesy Bloodaxe Books.
Selima Hill (born 13 October 1945) is an English poet.[1]
Life[]
Hill was born in Hampstead, London, England and grew up in rural England and Wales.[1]
She read Moral Sciences at New Hall, Cambridge University (1965-7). She regularly collaborates with artists and has worked on multimedia projects with the Royal Ballet, Welsh National Opera and BBC Bristol. She is a tutor at the Poetry School in London, and has taught creative writing in hospitals and prisons.
A selected poems: Gloria, was published in 2008.
She was a Fellow at the University of Exeter.[2]
Hill lives in Lyme Regis.[3] Her most recent book of poetry is People Who Like Meatballs (2012), shortlisted for the Forward Poetry Prize (Best Poetry Collection of the Year).
Writing[]
Fiona Sampson, The Guardian: "Selima Hill's 1984 collection Saying Hello at the Station introduced arguably the most distinctive truth teller to emerge in British poetry since Sylvia Plath. In the quarter-century since that debut, her voice has deepened and strengthened as its subject matter has widened from bereavement and life in a psychiatric unit to more general difficulties with men, family relationships, and the business of living. The simultaneous publication of Hill's new collection The Hat, and a Selected Poems, Gloria, is the perfect moment to rediscover this inimitably exhilarating poet."[4]
Recognition[]
- 1986 Cholmondeley Award
- 1988 Arvon Foundation/Observer International Poetry Competition, for The Accumulation of Small Acts of Kindness
- 1997 Forward Poetry Prize (shortlist), for Violet
- 1997 T.S. Eliot Prize (shortlist), for Violet
- 1997 Whitbread Poetry Award (shortlist), for Violet
- 2001 T.S. Eliot Prize (shortlist), for Bunny
- 2001 Whitbread Poetry Award, for Bunny
- 2010 Michael Marks Award for Advice on Wearing Animal Prints
- 2012 Forward Poetry Prize (shortlist) for People Who Like Meatballs
Except where noted, award information courtesy The Poetry Archive.[5]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Saying Hello at the Station. London: Chatto & Windus, 1984.
- My Darling Camel. London: Chatto & Windus, 1988.
- The Accumulation of Small Acts of Kindness. London: Chatto & Windus, 1989.
- A Little Book of Meat. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Bloodaxe, 1993.
- Trembline Hearts in the Bodies of Dogs: New and selected poems. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Bloodaxe, 1994.
- Violet. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Bloodaxe, 1997.
- My Sister’s Horse. Westgate, UK: Smith / Doorstop Books, 1998.
- Bunny. Tarset, Northumberland, UK: Blooxaxe, 2001.
- Portrait of my Lover as a Horse. Tarset, Northumberland, UK: Blooxaxe, 2002,
- Lou-Lou. Tarset, Northumberland, UK: Blooxaxe, 2004.
- Red Roses. Tarset, Northumberland, UK: Blooxaxe, 2006.
- Gloria: Selected poems. Tarset, Northumberland, UK: Blooxaxe, 2008.
- The Hat. Tarset, Northumberland, UK: Blooxaxe, 2008.
- Fruitcake. Tarset, Northumberland, UK: Blooxaxe, 2009.
- Advice on Wearing Animal Prints. Birmingham, UK: Flarestack Poets, 2009.
- People who Like Meatballs. Tarset, Northumberland, UK: Blooxaxe, 2012.
Edited[]
- Jumping Over Trees: Poems from the Poetry Library. London: South Bank Centre, 2000.
Selima Hill reads 'Cow'
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[6]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Selima Hill, British Council. Web, Oct. 6, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.rlf.org.uk/fellowshipscheme/profile.cfm?fellow=29&menu=2
- ↑ http://www.academi.org/list-of-writers/i/133386/
- ↑ Fiona Sampson (12 July 2008). "Truth and dare". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jul/12/saturdayreviewsfeatres.guardianreview25.
- ↑ Selima Hill (b. 1945), The Poetry Archive. Web, Jan. 25, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au:Selima Hill, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 25, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Being a Wife"
- 4 poems at "Poems of the Week", The Guardian
- Audio / video
- Books
- Selima Hill at Amazon.com
- About
- Selima Hill at the British Council
- Selima Hill at The Poetry Business
- "Interview with Selima Hill", LIDIA VIANU, Desperado Essay-Interviews, Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti, 2006
- review of Advice on Wearing Animal Prints at Poetry Book Society
- Poetry Analysis: "The World's Entire Wasp Population" by Selima Hill
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