Anthony Anaxagorou Explained

Anthony Anaxagorou
Birth Place:London, England, UK
Nationality:British
Occupation:Poet, writer, educator
Awards:Mayor of London's Poetry Slam, 2002
Groucho Maverick Award, 2015
Ondaatje Prize, 2023

Anthony Anaxagorou is a British-born Cypriot poet, writer, publisher and educator.

Early life

Anthony Anaxagorou is of Cypriot origin.[1] His mother is from Nicosia and his father from Famagusta.[2] Anaxagorou grew up in North London and attended Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet.[3]

Literary Career

In 2002, Anaxagorou won the inaugural Mayor of London's Respect Poetry Slam[4] (now known as SLAMbassadors UK, the national youth slam championship[5]). In 2003, he appeared alongside fellow poet Kae Tempest on Young Nation, presented by Richard Blackwood, where he performed a number of poems themed around social issues relating to young people.[6] After an extended break from poetry, Anaxagorou began self-publishing in 2008. In 2010, he toured the UK supporting MOBO-winning artist Akala on the DoubleThink tour.

In 2015, Anaxagorou was awarded the 2015 Groucho Maverick Award[7] for his poetry and fiction.

His second poetry collection, After the Formalities (Penned in the Margins, 2019), was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2019.[8] The collection was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation[9] and was a Guardian poetry book of the year.[10] In 2019, he was made an honorary lecturer of the University of Roehampton.[11]

In 2020, he published How To... Write It with Merky Books, a practical guide combining writing advice, craft and memoir.[12] [13] [14]

His poetry collection Heritage Aesthetics won the 2023 Ondaatje Prize.[15]

In 2023 Anaxagorou was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[16] [17]

Out-Spoken and Out-Spoken Press

In 2012, Anaxagorou founded Out-Spoken, a monthly poetry and live music night,[18] where he remains Artistic Director. In 2019, Out-Spoken started a long-term residency at London's Southbank Centre.[19] In 2015, he founded Out-Spoken Press, an independent publisher of poetry and critical writing that has published titles from authors including Raymond Antrobus, Sabrina Mahfouz, Fran Lock, Mukahang Limbu and Richard Georges.[20] The press has awarded an annual Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry since 2015. There are winners in several categories (in 2023 these were "Page poetry", "Poetry in film" and "Performance poetry"), and an overall winner.[21]

Literary works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Among A Race Of Others: An Overview Of Western Racial Classification And Colourism. Media Diversified. Anthony. Anaxagorou. 1 April 2016. 13 May 2023.
  2. Web site: Lobby for Cyprus - Our Work - Statements. Lobby for Cyprus. 10 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150710151714/http://www.lobbyforcyprus.org/statement.aspx?id=1252. 10 July 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: Queen Elizabeth's School - New & Noteworthy. www.qebarnet.co.uk. 18 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180102072912/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/new_and_noteworthy?newsID=1091. 2 January 2018. dead.
  4. Web site: Anthony Anaxagorou – SLAMbassadors. 2021-02-08. en-GB.
  5. Web site: SLAMbassadors. 2021-02-08. en-GB.
  6. Web site: elbo.ws. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130723152521/http://elbo.ws/post/2030375/anthony-anaxagorou-interview/. 23 July 2013. 10 July 2015.
  7. Web site: The Groucho Maverick Awards Nomination. 2021-02-08. Groucho Club.
  8. News: 2019-10-17. TS Eliot prize unveils shortlist of 'fearless poets'. 2021-02-08. The Guardian. en.
  9. Web site: Autumn Elections 2019. 2021-02-08. The Poetry Book Society. en.
  10. News: 2019-11-30. Best poetry of 2019. 2021-02-08. The Guardian. en.
  11. Web site: Roehampton. University of. 2019-02-18. Anthony Anaxagorou In Conversation. 2021-02-08. University of Roehampton Blog. en-US.
  12. Book: Anaxagorou, Anthony. How to... write it: work with words. 15 October 2020. 978-1-5291-1879-7. London. 1180202677.
  13. Web site:
    1. Merky Books
    . 2021-02-08. www.penguin.co.uk.
  14. Web site: Stormzy's #Merky Books to launch 'How To' series on activism, writing and other topics. 22 May 2020 . 2021-02-08. Sky News. en.
  15. News: Creamer . Ella . 2023-05-10 . Anthony Anaxagorou wins Ondaatje prize for collection of postcolonial poetry . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-05-11 . 0261-3077.
  16. News: Creamer . Ella . 2023-07-12 . Royal Society of Literature aims to broaden representation as it announces 62 new fellows . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-07-17 . 0261-3077.
  17. Web site: Stenhouse . Martha . 2023-07-12 . New Fellows and Election Process Announced . 2023-07-17 . Royal Society of Literature . en-GB.
  18. News: 2018-08-12. On my radar: Madani Younis's cultural highlights. Poppy. Noor. 2021-02-08. The Guardian. en.
  19. Web site: Out-Spoken. 2021-02-08. www.southbankcentre.co.uk. en.
  20. Web site: Books. 2021-02-08. Out-Spoken. en-GB.
  21. Web site: Prize for Poetry 2023 . Out-Spoken . 3 January 2024.
  22. Web site: Anthony Anaxagorou — A Difficult Place To Be Human. anthonyanaxagorou.com. 10 July 2015.
  23. Web site: The Blink That Killed The Eye. 2021-02-08. Jacaranda Books. en.
  24. Web site: Anthony Anaxagorou — It Will Come To You EP. anthonyanaxagorou.com. 10 July 2015.
  25. Book: Heterogeneous. .
  26. Mennis, Katie (2019), "Review | After the Formalities by Anthony Anaxagorou", The London Magazine.
  27. Web site: How to Write It.

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