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Rachael Boast
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Suffolk, England, UK
OccupationPoet and writer
NationalityBritish
EducationWolverhampton University
St. Andrew's University
Notable worksSidereal
Notable awardsSeamus Heaney Prize (2012)
Forward Prize (2011)

Rachael Boast (born 1975) is a British poet. She has published four poetry collections: Sidereal (2011), Pilgrim's Flower (2013), Void Studies (2016) and Hotel Raphael (2021).

Biography[edit]

Rachael Boast was born in Suffolk in 1975.[1] She graduated from University of Wolverhampton, studying English and Philosophy. After graduation, she moved to the West Country for ten years.[2]

In 2005, Boast moved to Scotland to work on an MLitinCreative WritingatUniversity of St Andrews She later was awarded a PhD, her thesis being "an examination of poetic technique with reference to The Book of Job."[2] Boast's literary role models include: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Arthur Rimbaud, and poet, artist, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau.[3]

Boast published her first poetry collection, Sidereal, in 2011, her second collection, Pilgrim's Flower, in 2013, her third collection, Void Studies, in 2016, and her fourth, Hotel Raphael, in 2021. Her work was published by Picador Books.[4] Boast's poetry has appeared in literary magazines, including Archipelago, New Statesman and The Yellow Nib.[5] Her work has also appeared in the anthologies Stolen Weather (Castle House Press), The Captain’s Tower: Seventy Poets Celebrate Bob Dylan at Seventy (Seren), and Addicted to Brightness (Long Lunch Press).[5]

Boast spends her time in both Scotland and the West Country.[6]

Poetry collections[edit]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kate Kellaway (19 January 2014). "Pilgrim's Flower by Rachael Boast – review". The Observer. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  • ^ a b "Rachael Boast (b. 1975)". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  • ^ "Rachel Boast: Biography". Poetry Invoice. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  • ^ a b c "Rachael Boast: Four Poems". The Compass Magazine. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  • ^ a b "Rachael Boast". The Poetry Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  • ^ a b "Rachael Boast wins the Bristol Poetry Prize 2015". Pan MacMillan Books. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  • ^ "Rachael Boast". Griffin Poetry Prize. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  • ^ "Rachael Boast". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

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