William Scammell Explained
William Scammell (2 January 1939, in Southampton – 29 November 2000) was a British poet.
Life
He was born into a working-class family in the waterside village of Hythe on Southampton Water, but failed the eleven-plus exam. His brother is Michael Scammell.[1]
He enrolled as a mature student at Bristol University. He taught at the Workers' Educational Association. He moved to the Lake District, with his artist wife, Jackie, and their two sons. In 1975, he moved to Cockermouth to teach at the Newcastle University.[2] In 1991, he taught at Nottingham Trent University.
His work appeared in Granta,[3] and Lives of the Poets,[4]
Awards
Work
Poetry
- Book: Yes And No. Peterloo. 1979. 978-0-905291-18-5 .
- Book: A Second Life . 1982. Peterloo. 978-0-905291-38-3 .
- Book: Jouissance. 1985. Peterloo. 978-0-905291-61-1 .
- Book: Eldorado. 1987. Peterloo. 978-0-905291-88-8 .
- Book: Bleeding Heart Yard. Peterloo Poets. 1992. 978-1-871471-28-1 .
- Stare At The Moon, Bleeding Heart Yard. 1992
- Book: The Game: Tennis Poems. Peterloo Poets. 1992. 978-1-871471-27-4 .
- Book: Five Easy Pieces. Sinclair-Stevenson. 1993. 978-1-85619-315-3 .
- Book: Barnacle Bill. 1994. Dedalus Press . 978-1-873790-66-3 .
- All Set To Fall Off The Edge Of The World Flambard Press 1998
Editor
- Book: Winter Pollen . 1983. Ted Hughes. Picador USA. William Scammell . 978-0-312-13625-3 . American edition Picador USA, 1995
- Book: The New Lake poets. Bloodaxe Books. 1991. 978-1-85224-146-9 .
- Book: This Green Earth: A Celebration of Nature Poetry. Ellenbank. 1992 . 978-1-873551-04-2 .
- Book: Northern Poetry . Debjani Chatterjee, William Scammell . Littlewood Press. 1991. 978-0-946407-50-7 .
Essays
- BOOK REVIEW / Could be much verse. William Scammell . The Independent. 17 April 1994 .
- Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=dAL0tSOoS44C&q=William+Scammell+poet&pg=PA156. From 'Living in the World'. Title On Louis Simpson: depths beyond happiness . Hank Lazer. University of Michigan Press. 1988. 978-0-472-06382-6 .
- Words and Silences. Spectator . 281. 8882 . 31 October 1998. 50–1.
- In pursuit of the unspeakable. 23 September 2000. The Spectator .
External links
Notes and References
- News: William Scammell: Poet of wit, craft and restless observation. The Guardian. 13 December 2000 . John Lucas . London.
- News: INTERVIEW / He knows his words' worth: William Scammell has given up his day job to try to wring a livelihood from his verse. He'd be better off taking photos on the QE2 . HUNTER DAVIES. 16 November 1993 . London . The Independent.
- Web site: William Scammell.
- Web site: Poetry Soc. 5 August 2021 .