Kit Wright
| Kit Wright | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 June 1944 Crockham Hill |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Known for | poet and children's author |
| Home town | London |
| Website | I |
Kit Wright (born 17 June 1944 in Crockham Hill, Kent) is the author of more than twenty-five books, for both adults and children,[1] and the winner of awards including an Arts Council Writers' Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Hawthornden Prize, the Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize and (jointly) the Heinemann Award. After a scholarship to Oxford University, he worked as a lecturer at Brock University, St Catherine's, in Canada, then returned to England and a position in the Poetry Society. He is currently a full-time writer.
Early life
Educated at Oxford University, Wright moved to Canada to work as a lecturer.[2] In 1970 he returned to London to work as an Education Officer for the Poetry Society until 1975. From 1977 to 1979 he was Fellow Commoner in Creative Art at Cambridge University. He subsequently returned to London and works full-time as a writer. He currently contributes monthly to The Oldie magazine.
Awards
- 1977: Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize (awarded for The Bear Looked Over the Mountain)
- 1978: Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (awarded for The Bear Looked Over the Mountain)
- 1985: Arts Council Writers' Award
- 1990: Heinemann Award (awarded for Short Afternoons)
- 1991: Hawthornden Prize (awarded for Short Afternoons)
- 1995: Cholmondeley Award
- 1999: King's Lynn Award for Merit in Poetry[3]
- 2009: Honorary Fellowship at the English Association[4]
Bibliography
- Soundings: A Selection of Poems for Reading Aloud (editor) Heinemann Education, 1975
- The Bear Looked Over the Mountain, Salamander, 1977
- Arthur's Father (illustrated by Eileen Browne), Methuen, 1978
- Arthur's Granny (illustrated by Eileen Browne), Methuen, 1978
- Arthur's Sister (illustrated by Eileen Browne), Methuen, 1978
- Arthur's Uncle (illustrated by Eileen Browne), Methuen, 1978
- Rabbiting On and Other Poems (illustrated by Posy Simmonds), Fontana Lions, 1978
- Hot Dog and Other Poems (illustrated by Posy Simmonds), Kestrel, 1981
- Professor Potts Meets the Animals in Africa, Watts, 1981
- Hot Dog and Other Poems, Puffin, 1982
- Bump-Starting the Hearse, Hutchinson, 1983
- From the Day Room, Windows Project, 1983
- Poems for Ten Year Olds and Over, Viking Kestrel, 1984
- Poems for Nine Year Olds and Under, Puffin, 1985
- Cat Among the Pigeons, Viking Kestrel, 1987
- One of Your Legs is Both the Same: A Poem, Turret, 1987
- Poems 1974-1983, Hutchinson, 1988
- Short Afternoons, Hutchinson, 1989
- Puffin Portable Poets (contributor), Puffin, 1990
- Funnybunch: New Puffin Book of Funny Verse, Viking, 1993
- Tigerella (illustrated by Peter Bailey), André Deutsch, 1993
- Great Snakes (illustrated by Posy Simmonds), Viking, 1994
- Dolphinella (illustrated by Peter Bailey), André Deutsch, 1995
- Rumpelstiltskin, Scholastic, 1998
- Hoping It Might Be So: Poems 1974-2000, Leviathan, 2000
- Write Away, Times Supplements, 2000
- Ode to Didcot Power Station, Bloodaxe Books, 2014
References
- ↑ "Kit Wright". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ↑ "Kit Wright". The British Council. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ↑ "Lynn Lit Fests: Merit Award". Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ↑ "English Association Fellowship Home Page". University of Leicester. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
External links
- Children's Poetry Archive article on Kit Wright
- The Oldie magazine
- Video of Kit Wright reading his poem The Magic Box to children