Pippa Little
Pippa Little | |
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| Nationality | Scottish |
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| Occupation(s) | Poet, Translator[1] |
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Pippa Little is a Scottish poet, reviewer, translator, and editor.[1] She has published five poetry collections and her work has appeared in several anthologies, including Oxford Poets 2010 and Best British Poetry 2011.[2]
Biography
Pippa Little was born in Tanzania, East Africa and was raised in St. Andrews, Scotland.[2] She has a PhD in contemporary women’s poetry from Queen Mary University of London.[1] Her early career was in publishing as a sub-editor and staff writer. Little has reviewed poetry for literary journals and has published translations of Spanish and Hungarian poetry.[1]
Her first poetry collection, ‘’The Spar Box’’, came out in 2006 and was the UK Poetry Book Society’s (PBS) pamphlet choice.[2]
Little is winner of the Eric Gregory Award (1985),[3] the Andrew Waterhouse Award (2009),[4] Norman MacCaig Centenary Poetry Prize(2010),[5] and the joint winner of the University of Glasgow's James McCash Scots Poetry Competition (2012).[5]
In 2016, Little was named one of 20 recipients of the Best Scottish Poems Awards.[6] She is currently a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newcastle University, in Northumberland, England.[2]
Poetry collections
- Twist (2017)[7]
- Our Lady of Iguanas (2016)[2]
- Overwintering (2012)[2]
- The Snow Globe (2011)[2]
- Foray (2009)[2]
In Anthology
- Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology (University of Georgia Press, 2018)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Pipple Little. Poet, Translator". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Pippa Little". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Past Winners of the Eric Gregory Awards". Society of Authors. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Northern Writer Awards: Past Winners". Northern Writer Awards. New Writing North. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ a b Duncan, Lesley. "Shivereens". The Herald Scotland. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Best Scottish Poems 2016". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ Waters, Colin. "14 Amazing Scottish Poetry Books of 2017". Scottish Book Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2018.