Esther Morgan (poet)

Esther Morgan
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Kidderminster, England
OccupationPoet
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia
Notable awardsEric Gregory Award (1998)
Website
www.esthermorgan.net

Esther E. Morgan (born 1970) is a British poet.[1]

She graduated with an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia in 1998.[2] She has published four collections of poetry and won an Eric Gregory Award in 1998. Her first collection was Beyond Calling Distance (2001). It won the Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Her second collection, The Silence Living in Houses, was published in 2005. Grace (2011) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation[3] and was shortlisted for the 2012 T. S. Eliot Prize. It includes the poem This Morning which won the 2010 Bridport Poetry Prize.[4] Her fourth collection The Wound Register was published in 2018. She has taught creative writing at the University of East Anglia and at Edith Cowan University.[5]

Awards

Bibliography

Poetry collections

  • Beyond Calling Distance. Bloodaxe Books. 2001. ISBN 9781852245702.
  • The Silence Living in Houses. Bloodaxe Books. 2005. ISBN 9781852247119.
  • Grace. Bloodaxe Books. 2011. ISBN 9781852249182.
  • The Wound Register. Bloodaxe Books. 2018. ISBN 9781780374109.

Recordings

References

  1. ^ Wilkinson, Ben. "Grace by Esther Morgan – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Creative Writing alumni M-O and published works". University of East Anglia.
  3. ^ "Poetry Book Society Winter 2011".
  4. ^ "The Bridport Prize - Previous Year's Results".
  5. ^ "Rituals in Writing: A Poetry Workshop with Esther Morgan". Writers' Centre Norwich. 30 November 2013. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.