Deryn Rees-Jones is an Anglo-Welsh poet, who lives and works in

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. Although, Rees-Jones has spent much of her life in Liverpool, she spent much of her childhood in the family home of Eglwys-bach in

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. She considers herself a Welsh writer. Rees-Jones did doctoral research on women poets at

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, and is now a Professor of Poetry at

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. She won an

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in 1993, and an Arts Council of England Writer's Award in 1996.

Works

She has published three poetry books with Seren, ''The Memory Tray'' (1994), which was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection; ''Signs Round a Dead Body'' (1998), a

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Special Commendation; and ''Quiver: A Murder Mystery'' (2004). A pamphlet, ''Falls and Finds'', appeared from Shoestring in 2008. She has also co-edited a book of essays, ''Contemporary Women’s Poetry: Reading/Writing/Practice'' (2001), with Alison Mark, and published a monograph, ''Carol Ann Duffy'' (2001) in Northcote House's Writers & Their Work series. Her critical study ''Consorting with Angels: Essays on Modern Women Poets'' was published by Bloodaxe in 2005 at the same time as its companion anthology ''Modern Women Poets''. In 2012 and 2019, Rees-Jones was shortlisted for the prestigious T. S. Eliot Prize for her 'Burying the Wren' and 'Erato'. She is also the editor of Pavilion poetry press.

Awards and honors

*1993

*2012 T S Eliot Prize, shortlist, ''Burying the Wren'' *2019 T S Eliot Prize, shortlist, ''Erato''

References

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