Christian Campbell (poet)

Christian Campbell
Born Christian Campbell
1979
Bahamas
Occupation Poet
Years active 2010–present

In 2010, Christian Campbell won the best first collection prize at the Aldeburgh poetry festival in Suffolk for his Running the Dusk (Peepaltree, 2010).[1] Furthermore, the work was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, the Cave Canem Prize and the Guyana Prize for Literature.[2]

Campbell has an M.Phil. in Modern British Literature from Oxford University, as well as an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Duke University. In 2010 he invited Nobel Prize Laureate Derek Walcott to the University of Toronto.[2]

Campbell is currently Assistant Professor of English at the English department of University of Toronto. His teaching and research interests comprise Caribbean Literature; Black Diaspora Literatures and Cultures; Cultural Studies/Popular Culture; Poetry/Poetics; Postcolonial Theory; Creative Writing.[3]

Personal life

Campbell has lived in the Caribbean, the US, the UK and in Canada. He describes himself as 'a nomad that comes from nomads'.[4]

Works

References

  1. ↑ Benedicte Page. "Christian Campbell takes Aldeburgh first collection prize for poetry | Books". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  2. 1 2 "Christian Campbell". Poetryarchive.org. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  3. ↑ "Campbell". English.utoronto.ca. 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  4. ↑ "Christian Campbell". Poetryarchive.org. Retrieved 2015-06-19.

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