Phoebe Power
{{short description|British poet (born 1993)}}
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| notableworks = Shrines of Upper Austria
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Phoebe Power (born 1993) is a British poet whose work, Shrines of Upper Austria, won the Forward Prize for Poetry for Best First Collection.
Biography
Phoebe Power was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1993.{{cite web |title=Phoebe Power |url=http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/poet/phoebe-power/ |website=Forward Arts Foundation |accessdate=22 September 2018}} She was named a Foyle Young Poet of the Year in 2010.{{Cite web |title=Commended Poets in 2010 |url=https://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/foyle-young-poets-of-the-year-award/foyle-young-poets-of-the-year-2010/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=The Poetry Society}} She later studied at the University of Cambridge where she led the Pembroke Poetry Society.{{cite web |title=Phoebe Power, Poetry 2014 |url=http://northernwritersawards.com/winners/profile/phoebe-power/ |accessdate=22 September 2018 |website=Northern Writers Awards}} Power was a recipient of the Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2012.{{Cite web |title=Eric Gregory Awards |url=https://societyofauthors.org/prizes/the-soa-awards/eric-gregory-awards/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=The Society of Authors |language=en-GB}}
Power's full length poetry collection, Shrines of Upper Austria, was published by Carcanet Press in 2018. She was awarded the Forward Prize for Poetry for Best First Collection for the work.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Porter |date=2018-09-19 |title=Forward Prize Names Its 2018 Winners in Its 27th Annual Round of Poetry Honors |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/09/forward-prize-2018-poetry-winners-named-london/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Publishing Perspectives |language=en-US}} The book was named one of four Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendations for 2018{{cite web |last1=Chan |first1=Mary Jean |title=Meet Poebe Power |url=https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/blogs/news/meet-phoebe-power |website=Poetry Book Society |accessdate=23 September 2018}} and has been shortlisted for the 2018 T. S. Eliot Prize.{{Cite web |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=2018-10-18 |title=T. S. Eliot Prize announces 'intensely political' shortlist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/18/ts-eliot-prize-announces-intensely-political-shortlist |access-date=2018-10-19 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} The collection was inspired by the life of Power's Austrian grandmother, who married a British soldier and emigrated to England after World War II.{{cite web |last1=Saunders |first1=Tristram Fane |title=Forward Prizes for Poetry: Danez Smith wins £10,000 award |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/news/forward-prizes-poetry-danez-smith-wins-10000-award/ |website=The Telegraph |accessdate=23 September 2018}}
Power lives in York.{{cite web |title=Phoebe Power |url=https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?owner_id=1812 |website=Carcanet Press |accessdate=23 September 2018}}
Work
- {{Cite book |last=Power |first=Phoebe |title=Harp Duet |publisher= |year=2016 |isbn= |asin=B0DV3513MD |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Power |first=Phoebe |title=Shrines of Upper Austria |publisher=Carcanet |year=2018 |isbn=9781784105341 |edition=paperback 1st |location=Manchester |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Power |first1=Phoebe |title=Sea Change |last2=Porteous |first2=Katrina |publisher=Guillemot Press |year=2021 |isbn=9781913749125 |edition=paperback 1st |location=Cornwall |author-mask=2}}
Awards
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!Year !Work !Award !Category !Result !Ref. |
| 2010
|— | — |{{Included|Selection}} |
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| 2012
|— |— |{{Won}} |
| 2014
|— |Poetry |{{Won}} |
| rowspan="2" |2018
| rowspan="3" |Shrines of Upper Austria |First Collection |{{Won}} |
| T. S. Eliot Prize
|— |{{Sho}} |
| 2019
|— |{{Won}} |
References
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External links
= Profiles =
- {{Official website|https://phoebepowerpoetry.wordpress.com/}}
= Publisher profiles =
- [https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?owner_id=1812 Profile] at Carcanet Press
- [https://granta.com/contributor/phoebe-power/ Profile] at Granta
- [https://www.guillemotpress.co.uk/poetry/phoebe-power-red-tree Profile] at Guillemot Press
= Society profiles =
- [https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/blogs/news/meet-phoebe-power?srsltid=AfmBOopapj4RKaHISzPXkIdRIGM_961bUrK0bTYlIWE4I4Km2Do6mmM4 Profile] at Poetry Book Society
- [https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-29518_Power Profile] at Poetry International
- [https://www.rlf.org.uk/writer/phoebe-power/ Profile] at Royal Literary Fund
= Interviews =
- [https://forwardartsfoundation.org/in-conversation-with-phoebe-power/ Interview] with Forward Arts Foundation (1 July 2018)
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Category:21st-century English poets
Category:Writers from Newcastle upon Tyne
Category:21st-century English women writers