Roger Moulson is an English

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

whose debut volume ''Waiting for the Night-Rowers'' was announced in November 2006 as the winner of the Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize for that year. Michael Laskey, Chairman of the Poetry Trust and one of the award’s judges said, “Roger Moulson's ''Waiting for the Night-Rowers'' is a substantial and exciting collection, a mature distillation of a varied life experience. Admirably attentive to the world and to their own inner impulses, these are authentic and most satisfying poems. The real thing, we all thought." ''Waiting for the Night-Rowers'', also short-listed for the 2006 Guardian First Book Award, was published by Enitharmon Press as the second volume in the Enitharmon New Poets series. Moulson was born in West Yorkshire in 1945 and read classics at Oxford. He began writing poetry in 1995 and has been taught by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moulson, Roger 1945 births Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford English male poets Writers from West Yorkshire