Karen Solie wins Forward Prize for Poetry
School of English Creative Writing lecturer Karen Solie has been named joint winner of this year's , one of the UK's most prestigious poetry awards. Karen shares the award alongside Vidyan Ravinthiran. It's the first time in the prize's history the honour has been shared.
Solie's publication - - was recognised as a "self-interrogative conversation with a culture in crisis and a natural world on the brink". The winners were announced at a ceremony at London's Southbank Centre on Sunday evening.