| 词条 | Jacob Polley |
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| name = Jacob Polley | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1975}} | birth_place = Carlisle, Cumbria | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Poet, novelist | language = | nationality = | residence = Fife, Scotland | education = Lancaster University | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = Talk of the Town, Jackself | spouse = | partner = | awards = Somerset Maugham Award, (2009), T.S. Eliot Prize, (2017) | signature = | signature_alt = | portaldisp = | website = Polley's website }} Jacob Polley (born 1975) is a British poet and novelist. He has published four collections of poetry. His novel, Talk of the Town, won the Somerset Maugham Award in 2009. His latest poetry collection, Jackself, won the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2016. Polley has co-written two short films and collaborated on multimedia poetry installations in the United Kingdom. Early life and educationJacob Polley was born in 1975 in Carlisle, United Kingdom. He grew up in Bowness-on-Solway,[1] He studied English at Lancaster University from 1993 to 1996 and earned an MA in English and Creative Writing at the University in 1997.[1][2] CareerAfter graduation, Polley worked in various jobs, eventually landing the position of poet-in-residence at the Cumberland News in Carlisle. He taught poetry in local schools[1] and later was awarded a two year fellowship at Trinity College Cambridge.[1] He was poet-in-residence at the Wordsworth Trust in 2002.[3] Polly published his first poetry collection, The Brink, (Picador UK) in 2002. The collection was a Poetry Book Society Choice, and went on to be shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.[3] From 2005 to 2007, Polley was a Visiting Fellow Commoner in the Arts at Trinity College.[8] Polley's second collection, Little Gods (Picador UK, 2006), was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. In 2009, Polley published his first novel, Talk of the Town. The book was published in 2009 by Picador UK and went on to win the 2010 Somerset Maugham Award and was also shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize.[4] In 2010, Polley was offered a position as lecturer at University of St. Andrews.[1] In 2011, Polley was invited to Australia to be Arts Queensland’s poet-in-residence.[1] The Havocs (Pickador UK, 2012), is Polley's third collection of poetry. It was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and won the 2012 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. It was also shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection and for the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2012.[12]Polley partnered with director Ian Fenton as co-writer on two short films, Flickerman and the Ivory-Skinned Woman (2002) and Keeping House (2015).[5] Jackself, Polley's latest collection of poetry, published in 2016 by Picador UK, won the prestigious T.S. Eliot Prize in 2016. Polley's collection was described by judges as "a firework of a book".[5]In 2017, Polley collaborated with Dutch musicians, Strijbos and Van Rijswijk, to make 'To Travel and to Matter' - a poetry and sound installation project for the Lake District."[6] Polley lectures at Newcastle University and lives in Fife, Scotland.[7] Selected publications
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References1. ^1 {{cite web |title=Lancaster graduate wins T S Eliot prize |url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/articles/2016/lancaster-graduate-wins-t-s-eliot-prize/ |website=Lancaster University |accessdate=3 October 2018}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Polley, Jacob}}2. ^1 {{cite web |title=Jacob Polley |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jacob-polley |website=Poetry Foundation |accessdate=2 October 2018}} 3. ^1 {{cite web |title=About Jacob Polley |url=https://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/jacob-polley |website=Poetry Archive |accessdate=3 October 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=Three novelists vie for £10,000 Desmond Elliott prize |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/entertainment/8695293.stm |website=BBC News |accessdate=3 October 2018}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |last1=Armistead |first1=Claire |title=2016 TS Eliot prize won by Jacob Polley's 'firecracker of a book' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/16/2016-ts-eliot-prize-won-by-jacob-polley-firecracker-of-a-book |website=The Guardian |accessdate=3 October 2018}} 6. ^1 {{cite web |title=Professor Jacob Polley |url=https://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/staff/profile/jakepolley.html#background |website=Newcastle University |accessdate=3 October 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=Jacob Polley |url=http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/lunarian |website=Scottish Poetry Library |accessdate=3 October 2018}} 8. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web |last1=Edemarium |first1=Aida|title=Jacob Polley: ‘I’m a fool as a writer – you have to take risks’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/11/jacob-polley-interview-poetry-ts-eliot-prize-winner |website=The Guardian |accessdate=2 October 2018}} 9. ^{{cite web |title=Past Winners of the Eric Gregory Awards |url=https://www.societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Authors-Awards/Poetry/Eric-Gregory/Past-winners |website=Society of Authors |accessdate=2 October 2018}} 7 : 1975 births|Living people|Alumni of Lancaster University|People from Carlisle, Cumbria|21st-century British poets|21st-century British male writers|English male poets |
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