Jo Shapcott
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Jo Shapcott FRSL |
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at Lannan Poetry Series 2014
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24 March 1954 London |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
St Hilda's College, Oxford; Harvard University |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards |
National Poetry Competition, the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, Costa Book of the Year Award, Forward Poetry Prize Cholmondeley Award. |
 "Jo Shapcott reading I Go Inside the Tree" on YouTube, The Guardian
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Jo Shapcott, Lannan Readings and Talks Series, October 14, 2014 |
Jo Shapcott FRSL, (born 24 March 1953, London) is an English poet, editor and lecturer who has won the National Poetry Competition, the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Costa Book of the Year Award, a Forward Poetry Prize and the Cholmondeley Award.
Shapcott lived in Hemel Hempstead and attended Cavendish School in the town prior to studying as an undergraduate at Trinity College, Dublin. Later she studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford and received a Harkness Fellowship to Harvard. She teaches on the MA in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. She was a Visiting Professor at the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics, Newcastle University, was a Visiting Professor at the London Institute and was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Oxford Brookes University from 2003-2005. She is President of the Poetry Society, and is a longstanding tutor for the Arvon Foundation.
Shapcott was appointed as CBE in 2002. She initially accepted the honour but decided to refuse during the period when the British government made preparations to invade Iraq. She wrote to the Cabinet Office saying " I can't possibly accept this." She commented, "I was being diagnosed and treated for cancer, so great public statements weren't on the cards really. I was just too ill."
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