Clare Pollard
British poet

Clare Pollard

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Introduction

Clare Pollard (born 1978, England) is a poet and playwright.

Early life and education

Pollard was raised in Bolton. She read English at Cambridge University.

Career

At age 19 Pollard published her first poetry collection, The Heavy-Petting Zoo (Bloodaxe Books Ltd. (1997))In 2000, Pollard won a Society of Authors Eric Gregory Award. In 2004, her play The Weather was performed at the Royal Court Theatre. In 2007, My Male Muse, a radio documentary was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In 2009, Pollard and James Byrne edited the Bloodaxe young poets showcase titled Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century. Pollard has been a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Essex University. In 2013, she was the judge for the inaugural international Hippocrates Prize for Young Poets.

Selected bibliography

  • The Heavy Petting Zoo (1998).
  • Bedtime (2002).
  • Look, Clare! Look! (2005).
  • Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century (2009).
  • Changling (2011).
  • Ovid's Heroines (2013).