Clare Pollard
| Clare Pollard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Cambridge University |
| Known for | Poetry |
| Website | clarepollard |
Clare Pollard (born 1978, England) is a poet and playwright.
Pollard was raised in Bolton. She read English at Cambridge University.
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.
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