Jo Shapcott
Poet
About
Jo Shapcott won the Forward Prize for her collection, My Life Asleep, in 1999. For two years from 1998 she was Northern Arts Literary Fellow at the universities of Newcastle and Durham and was the first Visiting Professor of Poetry at Newcastle, giving the inaugural Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures in 2001.
Her poetry books include: Electroplating the Baby (1988), which won a Commonwealth Prize; Phrase Book (1992); and My Life Asleep (1998), both Poetry Book Society Choices.
A collection of selected poems, Her Book, was published by Faber in 1999, and Tender Taxes, her versions of Rilke’s poems in French, in 2001. She is a Member of Yr Academi Gymreig (The Welsh Academy).
More from Jo Shapcott
My Hero, part 2
In ‘My Hero’, RLF writers tell us about personal heroes and the impact they’ve had. In the second instalment of…
The Splinter of Ice
The RLF goes looking for the splinter of ice in the heart of a writer. Is writing a ruthless business?…
My Other Career
What’s the best day job for a writer? RLF writers explain their other careers. The RLF provides an inside look…
Jo Shapcott in conversation
Jo Shapcott speaks with Julia Copus about the importance of sound in her poetry. Jo Shapcott speaks with Julia Copus…
Jo Shapcott
Poet
Website
http://www.contemporarywriters.com
Posts
- Oxford Brookes University, 2003–2005