Kit Wright
| Kit Wright | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 June 1944 Crockham Hill |
| Nationality | British |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Known for | poet and children's author |
| Home town | London |
Kit Wright (born 1944) is the author of more than twenty-five books, for both adults and children,[1] and the winner of awards including an Arts Council Writers' Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Hawthornden Prize, the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award and (jointly) the Heinemann Award. After a scholarship to Oxford, he worked as a lecturer in Canada, then returned to England and a position in the Poetry Society. He is currently a full-time writer.
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[edit] Early life
Educated at Oxford University, Wright moved to Canada to work as a lecturer.[2] In 1970 he returned to London to work as an Education Officer for the Poetry Society until 1975. From 1977 to 1979 he was Fellow Commoner in Creative Art at Cambridge University. He subsequently returned to London and works full-time as a writer. He currently contributes monthly to The Oldie Magazine.
[edit] Awards
- 1977: Alice Hunt Bartlett Award (Awarded for The Bear Looked Over the Mountain)
- 1978: Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (Awarded for The Bear Looked Over the Mountain)
- 1985: Arts Council Writers' Award
- 1990 Heinemann Award (Awarded for Short Afternoons)
- 1991 Hawthornden Prize (Awarded for Short Afternoons)
- 1995 Cholmondeley Award
- 1999 King's Lynn Award for Merit in Poetry [3]
- 2009 Honorary Fellowship at the English Association[4]
[edit] Bibliography
- Soundings: A Selection of Poems for Reading Aloud (editor) Heinemann Education, 1975
- The Bear Looked Over the Mountain Salamander, 1977
- Arthur's Father (illustrated by Eileen Brown) Methuen, 1978
- Arthur's Granny (illustrated by Eileen Brown) Methuen, 1978
- Arthur's Sister (illustrated by Eileen Brown) Methuen, 1978
- Arthur's Uncle (illustrated by Eileen Brown) Methuen, 1978
- Rabbiting On and Other Poems (illustrated by Posy Simmonds) Fontana Lions, 1978
- Hot Dog and Other Poems (illustrated by Posy Simmonds) Kestrel, 1981
- Professor Potts Meets the Animals in Africa Watts, 1981
- Hot Dog and Other Poems Puffin, 1982
- Bump-Starting the Hearse Hutchinson, 1983
- From the Day Room Windows Project, 1983
- Poems for Ten Year Olds and Over Viking Kestrel, 1984
- Poems for Nine Year Olds and Under Puffin, 1985
- Cat Among the Pigeons Viking Kestrel, 1987
- One of Your Legs is Both the Same: A Poem Turret, 1987
- Poems 1974-1983 Hutchinson, 1988
- Short Afternoons Hutchinson, 1989
- Puffin Portable Poets (contributor) Puffin, 1990
- Funnybunch: New Puffin Book of Funny Verse Viking, 1993
- Tigerella (illustrated by Peter Bailey) André Deutsch, 1993
- Great Snakes (illustrated by Posy Simmonds) Viking, 1994
- Dolphinella (illustrated by Peter Bailey) André Deutsch, 1995
- Rumpelstiltskin Scholastic, 1998
- Hoping It Might Be So: Poems 1974-2000 Leviathan, 2000
- Write Away Times Supplements, 2000
[edit] References
- ^ "Kit Wright". WorldCat.org. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Kit+Wright&dblist=638&fq=ap%3A%22wright%2C+kit%22+%3E+dt%3Abks&qt=facet_dt%3A. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "Kit Wright". The British Council. http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth226. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "Lynn Lit Fests: Merit Award". http://www.lynnlitfests.com/merit.asp. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ "English Association Fellowship Home Page". University of Leicester. http://www.le.ac.uk/engassoc/fellows/2009.html. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
