Sean O'Brien

Sean O'Brien

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Sean O’Brien has written six collections of poetry, most recently The Drowned Book (2007), which won the Forward and T. S. Eliot prizes. Cousin Coat: Selected Poems 1976–2001 appeared in 2002. His other work includes the book of essays The Deregulated Muse (1998), the verse plays The Birds (2002) and Keepers of the Flame (2003) and a verse translation of Dante’s Inferno (2006). In 2008 his collection of short stories, The Silence Room, was published, followed in 2009 by his novel Afterlife. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University.

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Picador poets dominate Costa Poetry shortlist

Posted By Sarah Blake on Wednesday 16th Nov 2011
 

Picador poets Jackie Kay, Carol Ann Duffy and Sean O'Brien have been shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award.

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Picador poets Sean O'Brien and Rachael Boast shortlisted for Forward Prize

Posted By Sarah Blake on Tuesday 26th Jul 2011
 

Two Picador poets on the Forward Prize shortlists . . .

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Tuesday 19th Apr 2011: Sean O’Brien at Bridlington Poetry Festival

Award-winning poet Sean O'Brien will be joining Douglas Dunn at the Bridlington Poetry Festival to read from his brilliant new collection of poetry November.

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Monday 18th Apr 2011: Sean O’Brien at the Aberdeen Word Festival

Prize-winning poet, Sean O’Brien, will be talking about poetry and his brilliant new collection November

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