Alison Brackenbury (born 1953 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire[1]) is a British poet.

Alison Brackenbury
Born1953 (age 70–71)
NationalityBritish

Life

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After studying English at St Hugh's College, Oxford[1] she now lives in Gloucestershire.[2] Her work has appeared in the Kenyon Review,[3] Ploughshares[4] and Stand.[5]

Awards

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  • Eric Gregory Award
  • Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
  • 1994 Glen Rybertt Award
  • 1997 Cholmondeley Award

Works

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  • "In the gap"; "Affairs"; "Plucked from", The Chimera, October 2007
  • "When"; "Mud"; "March ending"; "Passing", nthposition, March 2008
  • "6.25", The Guardian, 2 February 2008
  • "Obit". Magma 39. November 2007.
  • "Autumn Street". Magma 19.
  • "Have you heard?; The story of Sigurd; A fuel blockade". Signals. Summer 2004.
  • Dreams of Power. Carcanet New Press. 1981. ISBN 978-0-85635-352-9.
  • Breaking Ground. Carcanet. 1985. ISBN 978-0-85635-503-5.
  • Christmas Roses. Carcanet. 1988. ISBN 978-0-85635-750-3.
  • Selected Poems. Carcanet. 1991. ISBN 978-0-85635-924-8.
  • 1829. Carcanet. 1995. ISBN 978-1-85754-122-9.
  • After Beethoven. Carcanet. 2000. ISBN 978-1-85754-454-1.
  • Bricks and Ballads. Carcanet. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85754-751-1.
  • Singing in the dark. Carcanet. 2008. ISBN 978-1-85754-914-0.
  • Shadow. HappenStance. 2009. ISBN 978-1-905939-35-0.

References

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  1. ^ a b Alison Brackenbury | poetryarchive.org Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  2. ^ "The Chimaera, October 2007: Alison Brackenbury". www.the-chimaera.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. ^ Brackenbury, Alison (1995). "Alison Brackenbury". The Kenyon Review. 17 (3/4): 77–78. JSTOR 4337249.
  4. ^ "Read By Author | Ploughshares". www.pshares.org. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  5. ^ Stand. 1970.
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