Emily Berry (born 1981) is an English poet and writer.

Early life

Berry was born and raised in London and studied English literature at

Leeds University The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed ...

, and Creative and Life Writing at

Goldsmiths College Goldsmiths, University of London, formerly Goldsmiths College, University of London, is a Member institutions of the University of London, constituent research university of the University of London. It was originally founded in 1891 as The G ...

. As of 2017, she was completing a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

Career

She was one of five to be awarded an

Eric Gregory Award The Eric Gregory Award is a literary award given annually by the Society of Authors for a collection by United Kingdom poets under the age of 30. The award was founded in 1960 by Dr. Eric Gregory to support and encourage young poets. Past winne ...

in 2008. Her

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''Stingray Fevers'' was published by tall-lighthouse in 2008. Her debut collection of poems, ''Dear Boy'' (2013), won the

Hawthornden Prize The Hawthornden Prize is a British literary award given annually to a British, Irish or British-based author for a work of "imaginative literature" – including poetry, novels, history, biography and creative non-fiction – published in the pre ...

and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her second collection, entitled ''Stranger, Baby'', was published by Faber & Faber in 2017. Her third collection, ''Unexhausted Time'', was published by Faber & Faber in 2022. She is a contributor to collections and anthologies such as ''The Breakfast Bible'' (Bloomsbury, 2013). From 2017 until 2022, Berry was the editor of ''

The Poetry Review ''The Poetry Review'' is the magazine of The Poetry Society, edited by the poet Wayne Holloway-Smith. Founded in 1912, shortly after the establishment of the Society, previous editors have included poets Muriel Spark, Adrian Henri, Andrew Motio ...

'', the UK's most widely read poetry magazine. Berry succeeded Maurice Riondan in the role. In June 2018 Berry was elected Fellow of the

Royal Society of Literature The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820 by King George IV to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". A charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, the RSL has about 800 Fellows, elect ...

in its "40 Under 40" initiative.

Awards

Biblio

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References

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