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Andrew McMillan, said, “Our shortlist celebrated the ways in which poetry is responding to profound change, and the stylistic freedom that today’s poets have claimed. From this impressive field, we unanimously chose Bhanu Kapil’s How to Wash a Heart as our winner. It is a radical and arresting collection that recalibrates what it’s possible for poetry to achieve.”
Bhanu Kapil was born in England to Indian parents, and she grew up in a South Asian, working-class community in London. She lives between the UK and the US, where she spent 21 years at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She is the author of six books of poetry/prose:
Bhanu Kapil wins TS Eliot Prize for radical and arresting poetry eveningexpress.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eveningexpress.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
With extensive coronavirus mitigation measures in place in London, the TS Eliot Prize’s events set for Royal Festival Hall now will be streamed.
Shortlisted poets in the 2020 TS Eliot Prize program are, top row from left, Natalie Diaz, Sasha Dugdale, Ella Frears, Will Harris, and Wayne Holloway-Smith. On the second row from left, Bhanu Kapil, Daisy Lafarge, Glyn Maxwell, Shane McCrae, and J O Morgan
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Organizers of the United Kingdom’s TS Eliot Prize had planned to hold its shortlisted poets’ readings at London’s Royal Festival Hall on January 10 and an awards ceremony on the 11th.