Michael Vince

Michael Vince (born 1947) is a British poet and author. He was educated at Emanuel School and King's College, Cambridge, where he read English under Tony Tanner and began friendships with the poets Dick Davis, Robert Wells and Clive Wilmer.^[1][2] He taught for the British Council in Greece for many years and now lives in London.^[3]

Vince won a Gregory Award in 1977.^[4] He has since published a number of books and pamphlets, most recently Plain Text in 2015.^[5] He has appeared in numerous magazines in the UK and USA, including Outposts, Southern Review, PN Review, Encounter, Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, Numbers, La Fontana and Verse.^[6]

Vince has also published a number of best-selling ELT course books and grammars, including Highlight, and the Language Practice series.^[7]

Works

Poetry

• The Orchard Well (Carcanet, 1978)
• Mountain, Epic and Dream (Bran’s Head, 1981)
• In the New District (Carcanet, 1982)
• Gaining Definition (Robert L Barth, 1986)
• Plain Text (Mica, 2015)

Anthology contributions

• Young Winter’s Tales (Macmillan)
• The River’s Voice (Common Ground)
• Trees Be Company (Common Ground)
• A Calendar of Modern Poetry (PN Review, 1991)
• Baudelaire in English (Penguin, 1998)

External links

• Macmillan English author profile
• Archive of Carcanet Press - Administrative Papers, University of Manchester Library
• Sharratt, Bernard. "Areas of Experience". The Tablet, 4 June 1977, pp. 10-11. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
• Schmidt, Michael. "The Time and the Place". The Kenyon Review, New Series, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Summer, 1981), pp. 9-31. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

References

1. Davis, Dick (4 November 2003). "Edgar Bowers and England". How Shall a Generation Know Its Story: The Edgar Bowers Conference and Exhibition April 11, 2003. University of California. Retrieved 23 May 2015. External link in |website= (help)
2. Davie, Donald. "Letters to the Editors". PN Review 5, Volume 5 Number 1, October - December 1978. Retrieved 23 May 2015. External link in |website= (help)
3. "Michael Vince". Macmillan English: Authors. Retrieved 23 May 2015. External link in |website= (help)
4. "The Eric Gregory Trust Fund Awards: Past Winners". Society of Authors. Retrieved 23 May 2015. External link in |website= (help)
5. "Forthcoming events: Plain Text". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 23 May 2015. External link in |website= (help)
6. e.g. "Articles, Poetry Contributions and Reviews by Michael Vince". PN Review. Retrieved 23 May 2015. External link in |website= (help)
7. "Books by Michael Vince". Goodreads. Retrieved 23 May 2015.