Lavinia Greenlaw | |
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 Greenlaw in 2019 | |
| Born | Lavinia Elaine Greenlaw 30 July 1962 London, England |
| Education | Kingston Polytechnic; London College of Printing; Courtauld Institute |
| Genres | Poetry; novel |
| Notable works | Mary George of Allnorthover; Audio Obscura |
| Notable awards | Forward Prize, 1997; Prix du Premier Roman, 2001; Ted Hughes Award, 2011 |
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Lavinia Elaine Greenlaw (born 30 July 1962)[1] is an English poet, novelist and non-fiction writer. She won the Prix du Premier Roman with her first novel and her poetry has been shortlisted for awards that include the T. S. Eliot Prize, Forward Prize and Whitbread Poetry Prize. She was shortlisted for the 2014 Costa Poetry Award for A Double Sorrow: A Version of Troilus and Criseyde.[2] Greenlaw currently holds the post of Professor of Creative Writing (Poetry) at Royal Holloway, University of London.[3]
- ^ "Ms Lavinia Greenlaw", Debrett's.
- ^ "A Double Sorrow: A Version of Troilus and Criseyde (Costa Poetry Award Shortlist)", Dundee University Review of the Arts. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Lavinia Greenlaw appointed Chair of Creative Writing", Royal Holloway, University of London, 31 May 2017.