Luke Kennard
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Luke Kennard is a British poet, playwright and academic born in 1982.
His first prose-poems collection - The Solex Brothers was published by Stride, and won him an Eric Gregory Award
in 2005 (reissued by Salt Publishing
in 2007 ISBN 978-1-84471-411-7). His second book The Harbour Beyond the Movie (ISBN 978-1-84471-307-3) - was published by Salt in 2007, and was shortlisted for the 2007 Forward Poetry Prize
(Best Collection). At 26, he is the youngest nominee ever in the history of the Forward Poetry Prizes. The Solex Brothers was re-released with notes by Kennard as The Solex Brothers: Redux. His third collection, The Migraine Hotel, was released by Salt in 2009.
He edits the occasional poetry journal Popularity Contest and edits and contributes to the poetry journal Succour. His work has been published in Riptide Journal, which is based within the University of Exeter
. He is part of the comedy collective Pegabovine
, and has won awards with them for comic writing at the National Student Drama Festival
.
He is married and teaches English with Creative Writing BA and Creative Writing MA at the University of Birmingham
.
He will also be partaking in the Bush Theatre
's 2011 project Sixty Six where he has written a piece based upon a chapter of the King James Bible
His first prose-poems collection - The Solex Brothers was published by Stride, and won him an Eric Gregory Award
Eric Gregory Award
The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission. The awards are up to a sum value of £24000 annually....
in 2005 (reissued by Salt Publishing
Salt Publishing
Salt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry and poetics...
in 2007 ISBN 978-1-84471-411-7). His second book The Harbour Beyond the Movie (ISBN 978-1-84471-307-3) - was published by Salt in 2007, and was shortlisted for the 2007 Forward Poetry Prize
Forward Poetry Prize
The Forward Poetry Prizes were created in 1991. The aim of the prizes is to extend the audience for contemporary poetry. Until the T.S. Eliot Prize remuneration was increased to £15,000 plus £1000 to each of nine runners-up, the Forward was the United Kingdom's most valuable annual poetry...
(Best Collection). At 26, he is the youngest nominee ever in the history of the Forward Poetry Prizes. The Solex Brothers was re-released with notes by Kennard as The Solex Brothers: Redux. His third collection, The Migraine Hotel, was released by Salt in 2009.
He edits the occasional poetry journal Popularity Contest and edits and contributes to the poetry journal Succour. His work has been published in Riptide Journal, which is based within the University of Exeter
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university in South West England. It belongs to the 1994 Group, an association of 19 of the United Kingdom's smaller research-intensive universities....
. He is part of the comedy collective Pegabovine
Pegabovine
Pegabovine is a comedy theatre company based in London and Exeter, UK, which performs in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe. The company is built around a core of four writer-performers: poet and winner of an Eric Gregory Award Luke Kennard, Jenny Sutton, Matthew Henry Johnson, and Tom ...
, and has won awards with them for comic writing at the National Student Drama Festival
National Student Drama Festival
The National Student Drama Festival was founded in 1956 by the Sunday Times arts columnist - the festival's first artistic director - Kenneth Pearson, the Sunday Times theatre critic Harold Hobson, and NUS president Frank Copplestone. The Sunday Times Editor, H.V...
.
He is married and teaches English with Creative Writing BA and Creative Writing MA at the University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
.
He will also be partaking in the Bush Theatre
Bush Theatre
The Bush Theatre is based in Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was established in 1972 above The Bush public house by Brian McDermott, and has since become one of the most celebrated new writing theatres in the world. An intimate venue renowned for its close-up...
's 2011 project Sixty Six where he has written a piece based upon a chapter of the King James Bible