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British born poet and writer
Anthony Anaxagorou
Anaxagorou in 2010
Born March 1983 (age 41 ) London, England, UK Occupation Poet, writer, educator Nationality British Notable awards Mayor of London's Poetry Slam, 2002 Groucho Maverick Award, 2015Ondaatje Prize , 2023 anthonyanaxagorou .com
Anthony Anaxagorou FRSL is a British-born Cypriot poet, writer, publisher and educator.
Early life [ edit ]
Anthony Anaxagorou is of Cypriot origin.[1] His mother is from Nicosia and his father from Famagusta .[2] Anaxagorou grew up in North London and attended Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet .[3]
Literary Career [ edit ]
In 2002, Anaxagorou won the inaugural Mayor of London's Respect Poetry Slam[4] (now known as SLAMbassadors UK, the national youth slam championship[5] ). In 2003, he appeared alongside fellow poet Kae Tempest on Young Nation , presented by Richard Blackwood , where he performed a number of poems themed around social issues relating to young people.[6] After an extended break from poetry, Anaxagorou began self-publishing in 2008. In 2010, he toured the UK supporting MOBO -winning artist Akala on the DoubleThink tour.
In 2015, Anaxagorou was awarded the 2015 Groucho Maverick Award[7] for his poetry and fiction.
His second poetry collection, After the Formalities (Penned in the Margins, 2019), was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2019.[8] The collection was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation [9] and was a Guardian poetry book of the year.[10] In 2019, he was made an honorary lecturer of the University of Roehampton .[11]
In 2020, he published How To... Write It with Merky Books , a practical guide combining writing advice, craft and memoir.[12] [13] [14]
His poetry collection Heritage Aesthetics won the 2023 Ondaatje Prize .[15]
In 2023 Anaxagorou was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature .[16] [17]
Out-Spoken and Out-Spoken Press [ edit ]
In 2012, Anaxagorou founded Out-Spoken, a monthly poetry and live music night,[18] where he remains Artistic Director. In 2019, Out-Spoken started a long-term residency at London's Southbank Centre .[19] In 2015, he founded Out-Spoken Press, an independent publisher of poetry and critical writing that has published titles from authors including Raymond Antrobus , Sabrina Mahfouz , Fran Lock, Mukahang Limbu and Richard Georges .[20] The press has awarded an annual Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry since 2015. There are winners in several categories (in 2023 these were "Page poetry", "Poetry in film" and "Performance poetry"), and an overall winner.[21]
Literary works [ edit ]
A Difficult Place To Be Human – 2012[22]
The Blink That Killed The Eye (Jacaranda , 2014)[23]
It Will Come To You EP - 2013[24]
Heterogeneous: New and Selected Poems (Out-Spoken Press, 2016)[25]
After the Formalities (Penned in the Margins, 2019)[26]
How To... Write It (Merky Books, 2020)[27]
Heritage Aesthetics (Granta Poetry, 2022)
References [ edit ]
^ "Queen Elizabeth's School - New & Noteworthy" . www.qebarnet.co.uk . Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2017 .
^ "Anthony Anaxagorou – SLAMbassadors" . Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ "SLAMbassadors" . Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ "elbo.ws" . Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2015 .
^ "The Groucho Maverick Awards Nomination" . Groucho Club . Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ "TS Eliot prize unveils shortlist of 'fearless poets' " . The Guardian . 17 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ "Autumn Elections 2019" . The Poetry Book Society . Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ "Best poetry of 2019" . The Guardian . 30 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ Roehampton, University of (18 February 2019). "Anthony Anaxagorou | In Conversation" . University of Roehampton Blog . Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ Anaxagorou, Anthony (15 October 2020). How to... write it: work with words . London. ISBN 978-1-5291-1879-7 . OCLC 1180202677 . {{cite book }}
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^ "#Merky Books" . www.penguin.co.uk . Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ "Stormzy's #Merky Books to launch 'How To' series on activism, writing and other topics" . Sky News . 22 May 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ Creamer, Ella (10 May 2023). "Anthony Anaxagorou wins Ondaatje prize for collection of postcolonial poetry" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 11 May 2023 .
^ Creamer, Ella (12 July 2023). "Royal Society of Literature aims to broaden representation as it announces 62 new fellows" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 17 July 2023 .
^ Stenhouse, Martha (12 July 2023). "New Fellows and Election Process Announced" . Royal Society of Literature . Retrieved 17 July 2023 .
^ Noor, Poppy (12 August 2018). "On my radar: Madani Younis's cultural highlights" . The Guardian . Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ "Out-Spoken" . www.southbankcentre.co.uk . Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ "Books" . Out-Spoken . Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ "Prize for Poetry 2023" . Out-Spoken . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Anthony Anaxagorou — A Difficult Place To Be Human" . anthonyanaxagorou.com . Retrieved 10 July 2015 .
^ "The Blink That Killed The Eye" . Jacaranda Books . Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
^ "Anthony Anaxagorou — It Will Come To You EP" . anthonyanaxagorou.com . Retrieved 10 July 2015 .
^ Heterogeneous . ASIN 0993103839 .
^ Mennis, Katie (2019), "Review | After the Formalities by Anthony Anaxagorou" , The London Magazine .
^ "How to Write It" .
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Anaxagorou&oldid=1193691304 "
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