Fiona Benson (poet)

Fiona Benson (born 1978) is an English poet.

Life

Benson was born in Wroughton, England.[1] She received her Master of Letters and PhD in English from Saint Andrew’s University, Scotland, where she wrote her dissertation on the Ophelia figure in Early Modern Drama.[2]

Benson was included in Faber New Poets (2009) and her debut collection, Bright Travellers was published in 2014 by Cape Poetry.[3]

Awards

Benson received the Eric Gregory Award and the Faber New Poets Award in 2006.[4] In 2015, Benson was awarded the Seamus Heaney Centre First Collection Poetry Prize.[5]

Work

Bright Travellers. Cape Poetry. 2014.

References

  1. ↑ "Fiona Benson | Forward Arts Foundation". www.forwardartsfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Interview: Fiona Benson". Granta Magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  3. ↑ Wilkinson, Ben (2014-05-23). "Bright Travellers review – Fiona Benson's first collection of poetry". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  4. ↑ "Fiona Benson | Forward Arts Foundation". www.forwardartsfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  5. ↑ "The Tom Quinlan Lecture in Poetry: Fiona Benson". Glucksman Ireland House, New York University. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
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