Sharon Morris
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Sharon Morris is a Welsh
poet and a senior lecturer at the Slade School of Fine Art
(Film and Video), University College, London.
In 2000 she completed a Ph.D. on the writer Hilda Doolittle
and the artist Claude Cahun
, and in 2003 received a Leverhulme
research fellowship for her writings on poetics, visual theory and semiotics. In addition, she has exhibited photography, film and video, and performed live artworks, combining spoken text with projected images.
Her first collection False Spring was published in 2007 as the third volume in the Enitharmon New Poets Series. Her poems can also be found in several journals and anthologies, including Tying the Song (Enitharmon, 2000), the first anthology from The Poetry School, In the Company of Poets (Hearing Eye, 2003) and This Little Stretch of Life (Hearing Eye, 2007).
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
poet and a senior lecturer at the Slade School of Fine Art
Slade School of Fine Art
The Slade School of Fine Art is a world-renownedart school in London, United Kingdom, and a department of University College London...
(Film and Video), University College, London.
In 2000 she completed a Ph.D. on the writer Hilda Doolittle
H.D.
H.D. was an American poet, novelist and memoirist known for her association with the early 20th century avant-garde Imagist group of poets such as Ezra Pound and Richard Aldington...
and the artist Claude Cahun
Claude Cahun
Claude Cahun was a French artist, photographer and writer. Her work was both political and personal, and often played with the concepts of gender and sexuality.-Early life:...
, and in 2003 received a Leverhulme
Leverhulme Trust
The Leverhulme Trust was established in 1925 under the will of the First Viscount Leverhulme, William Hesketh Lever, with the instruction that its resources should be used to support "scholarships for the purposes of research and education."...
research fellowship for her writings on poetics, visual theory and semiotics. In addition, she has exhibited photography, film and video, and performed live artworks, combining spoken text with projected images.
Her first collection False Spring was published in 2007 as the third volume in the Enitharmon New Poets Series. Her poems can also be found in several journals and anthologies, including Tying the Song (Enitharmon, 2000), the first anthology from The Poetry School, In the Company of Poets (Hearing Eye, 2003) and This Little Stretch of Life (Hearing Eye, 2007).