Sean Noel Bonney (21 May 1969 – 13 November 2019) was an English poet born in Brighton and brought up in the north of England. He lived in London and, from 2015 up until the time of his death, in Berlin.[1] He was married to the poet Frances Kruk.[2] Charles Bernstein published poet William Rowe's obituary for Bonney in US online magazine Jacket2,[3] as well as releasing his own poem The Death of Sean Bonney.[4] Detailed notes to Bonney's poetics by Jacob Bard-Rosenberg are featured on the Poetry Foundation website.[5] The Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry has published a special edition on Bonney.[6]
His publications include Blade Pitch Control Unit (2005), Baudelaire in English (2008), Document (2009), The Commons (2011), Happiness: Poems After Rimbaud (2011), Letters Against the Firmament (2015), and Our Death (2019).
- ^ Staff, Harriet. "RIP Sean Bonney (1969–2019)". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "Sean Bonney". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Sean Bonney (1969–2019) by William Rowe | Jacket2".
- ^ Bernstein, Charles (4 February 2020). "The Death of Sean Bonney". Chicago Review.
- ^ "Jacob Bard-Rosenberg on Sean Bonney's Writing: 'One of the most important political efforts of our time' by Harriet Staff". 27 December 2022.
- ^ "Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry | Collection".