 |
This biography of a living person does not cite any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. This was added by an automated process. If this tag was placed in error, it may be removed. If this tag was placed correctly, the "bot=yes" may be removed to hide this message. (June 2009) Find sources: (Christopher Reid – news, books, scholar) |
Christopher Reid (born May 13 1949) is a British poet, essayist, cartoonist, and writer. He has been nominated twice for the Whitbread Awards in 1996 and in 1997. A contemporary of Martin Amis, he was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He is one of the exponents of Martian poetry which employs unusual metaphors to render everyday experiences and objects unfamiliar. He has worked as poetry editor at Faber and Faber and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Hull.
Books
- Arcadia (1979) (1980 Somerset Maugham Award, Hawthornden Prize)
- Pea Soup (1982)
- Katerina Brac (1985)
- In The Echoey Tunnel (1991)
- Expanded Universes (1996)
- For and After (2003)
- Mr Mouth (2005)
- A Scattering (2009)
- The Song of Lunch (2009)
For Children
- All Sorts (1999)
- Alphabicycle Order (2001)
His poem "A Pub Band" is featured in the 2004 anthology Wild Reckoning, which was inspired by Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.
See also
This article about a poet from the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
