Luke Kennard (poet) explained

Luke Kennard (born 1981^[1]) is a British poet, critic, novelist and lecturer.

He won an Eric Gregory Award in 2005^[2] for his first collection The Solex Brothers.^[3] His second collection, The Harbour Beyond The Movie, was shortlisted for the 2007 Forward Prize for Best Collection, making him the youngest ever poet to be nominated.^[4] In 2014 he was named as one of the Poetry Book Society's Next Generation Poets.^[5] His debut novel, The Transition, was published by Fourth Estate in March 2017.^[6] The novel was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.^[7] His poetry collection Notes on the Sonnets won the 2021 Forward Prize for Best Collection.

Publications

• The Solex Brothers (2005)
• The Harbour Beyond The Movie (2007)
• The Migraine Hotel (2009)
• Planet Shaped Horse (2011)
• The Necropolis Boat (2012)
• Holophin (2012)
• A Lost Expression (2012)
• Cain (2016)
• The Transition (2017)
• Truffle Hound (2018)
• Notes on the Sonnets (2021)
• The Answer to Everything (2021)^[8]
• Bad Sermons (2021)^[9]
• Notes on the Sonnets (2021)^[10]

External links

• Interview with Luke Kennard by The Poetry Extension

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1. Web site: Luke Kennard. Poetry International. 2 May 2015.
2. Web site: Eric Gregory Award Past Winners. The Society of Authors. 2 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160908050942/http://www.societyofauthors.org/eric-gregory-past-winners. 8 September 2016. dead.
3. News: Kinson. Sarah. Why I Write: Luke Kennard. 2 May 2015. The Guardian. 24 June 2008.
4. News: Love. Emma. Rising star: Luke Kennard, Poet. 2 May 2015. The Observer. 23 September 2007.
5. Web site: The Poetry Book Society, Next Generation Poets 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205073745/http://poetrybooks.co.uk/projects/51/. 2014-12-05.
6. Web site: Luke Kennard's debut novel to Fourth Estate . Natasha Onwuemezi. The Bookseller. 9 December 2015. 2 July 2016.
7. Web site: BBC Radio 4. Book at Bedtime.
8. https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008444501/the-answer-to-everything/ "The Answer to Everything"
9. https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/luke-kennard-bad-sermons "Bad Sermons"
10. Web site: Penned in the Margins Notes on the Sonnets . 2024-07-27.
11. News: Saunders . Tristram Fane . Kennard . Luke . 2024-03-01 . The best poetry books of 2024 so far . 2024-04-25 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.