Daisy Lafarge Explained

Daisy Lafarge (born 1992) is a Glasgow-based poet and novelist.

Career

Born in Hastings, East Sussex, Lafarge studied Fine Art and History of Art at Edinburgh College of Art.[1] She later completed a PhD in Creative Writing, Geography and Molecular Epidemiology at the University of Glasgow in 2021.

She won an Eric Gregory Award in 2017, and was runner-up in the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award in 2018.[2] Her debut poetry book Life Without Air (Granta, 2020), was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize, and named Poetry Book of the Year in Scotland's National Book Awards.[3]

A novel, Paul, received a pre-publication Betty Trask Award in 2019, and was later published by Granta in 2021, to critical acclaim from The Guardian,[4] The New York Times,[5] The Atlantic[6] and The Irish Times.[7]

Lafarge collaborates frequently with visual artists. In July 2021 Grönland Records announced 'ERR', a photographic essay by David Sylvian, with text by Shinya Fujiwara and an untitled original poem by Lafarge.[8]

Lovebug, a nonfiction book exploring metaphors of love and infection, was published by Peninsula Press in 2023.[9]

Lafarge also writes about art, ecology and literature for publications and organisations such as The New York Times[10] and Wellcome Collection.[11]

External link

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2016 - The Skinny. www.theskinny.co.uk.
  2. Web site: Poetry Award 2018. July 10, 2019.
  3. Web site: Scotland's National Book Awards 2021 Winners. November 27, 2021. The Saltire Society.
  4. News: Paul by Daisy Lafarge review – a beautifully observed debut. Lamorna. Ash. August 5, 2021. The Guardian.
  5. News: If Gauguin Were Alive Today…. Antonia. Hitchens. The New York Times . August 15, 2022. NYTimes.com.
  6. Web site: Tearing Down the Myth of Paul Gauguin. Ella. Fox-Martens. September 3, 2022. The Atlantic.
  7. News: Paul: Intelligent, subtle debut is brilliantly unsettling. The Irish Times.
  8. Web site: 2021-07-28. David Sylvian: ERR. davidsylvian.com. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210728152409/http://davidsylvian.com/err/ . 28 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Lovebug *signed bookplate edition*. Peninsula Press.
  10. News: A Closeted College Freshman Learns a Thing or Two About Adulthood. Daisy. Lafarge. The New York Times . May 20, 2023. NYTimes.com.
  11. Web site: daisy lafarge | Search. Wellcome Collection.