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'''Kit Wright''' (born 17 June 1944 in [[Crockham Hill]], [[Kent]]) is the author of more than twenty-five books, for both adults and children,<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Kit+Wright&dblist=638&fq=ap%3A%22wright%2C+kit%22+%3E+dt%3Abks&qt=facet_dt%3A|title= Kit Wright|accessdate=3 April 2010 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=WorldCat.org |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> and the winner of awards including an [[Arts Council of Great Britain|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. |
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== Early life == |
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Educated at [[Oxford University]], Wright moved to [[Canada]] to work as a lecturer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth226 |title= Kit Wright|accessdate= 3 April 2010|author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= The British Council|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> 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 [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]]. He subsequently returned to London and works full-time as a writer. He currently contributes monthly to ''[[The Oldie]]'' magazine. |
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==Awards== |
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*1977: [[Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize]] (awarded for ''The Bear Looked Over the Mountain'') |
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*1978: [[Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize]] (awarded for ''The Bear Looked Over the Mountain'') |
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*1985: [[Arts Council of Great Britain|Arts Council]] Writers' Award |
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*1990: [[Heinemann Award]] (awarded for ''Short Afternoons'') |
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*1991: [[Hawthornden Prize]] (awarded for ''Short Afternoons'') |
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*1995: [[Cholmondeley Award]] |
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*1999: [[King's Lynn Award for Merit in Poetry]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lynnlitfests.com/merit.asp|title=Lynn Lit Fests: Merit Award|accessdate=2009-03-18}}</ref> |
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*2009: Honorary Fellowship at the [[English Association]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.le.ac.uk/engassoc/fellows/2009.html|title=English Association Fellowship Home Page|publisher=[[University of Leicester]]|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
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*''Soundings: A Selection of Poems for Reading Aloud'' (editor) Heinemann Education, 1975 |
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*''The Bear Looked Over the Mountain'', Salamander, 1977 |
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*''Arthur's Father'' (illustrated by [[Eileen Browne (author)|Eileen Browne]]), Methuen, 1978 |
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*''Arthur's Granny'' (illustrated by Eileen Browne), Methuen, 1978 |
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*''Arthur's Sister'' (illustrated by Eileen Browne), Methuen, 1978 |
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*''Arthur's Uncle'' (illustrated by Eileen Browne), Methuen, 1978 |
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*''Rabbiting On and Other Poems'' (illustrated by [[Posy Simmonds]]), Fontana Lions, 1978 |
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*''Hot Dog and Other Poems'' (illustrated by Posy Simmonds), Kestrel, 1981 |
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*''Professor Potts Meets the Animals in Africa'', Watts, 1981 |
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*''Hot Dog and Other Poems'', Puffin, 1982 |
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*''Bump-Starting the Hearse'', Hutchinson, 1983 |
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*''From the Day Room'', Windows Project, 1983 |
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*''Poems for Ten Year Olds and Over'', Viking Kestrel, 1984 |
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*''Poems for Nine Year Olds and Under'', Puffin, 1985 |
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*''Cat Among the Pigeons'', Viking Kestrel, 1987 |
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*''One of Your Legs is Both the Same: A Poem'', Turret, 1987 |
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*''Poems 1974-1983'', Hutchinson, 1988 |
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*''Short Afternoons'', Hutchinson, 1989 |
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*''Puffin Portable Poets'' (contributor), Puffin, 1990 |
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*''Funnybunch: New Puffin Book of Funny Verse'', Viking, 1993 |
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*''Tigerella (illustrated by Peter Bailey)'', André Deutsch, 1993 |
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*''Great Snakes'' (illustrated by Posy Simmonds), Viking, 1994 |
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*''Dolphinella'' (illustrated by Peter Bailey), André Deutsch, 1995 |
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*''Rumpelstiltskin'', Scholastic, 1998 |
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*''Hoping It Might Be So: Poems 1974-2000'', Leviathan, 2000 |
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*''Write Away'', Times Supplements, 2000 |
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*''Ode to Didcot Power Station'', Bloodaxe Books, 2014 |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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{{Portal |Children's literature}} |
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*[http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=1723 Children's Poetry Archive article on Kit Wright] |
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*[http://www.theoldie.co.uk ''The Oldie'' magazine] |
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zkpmhyc Video of Kit Wright reading his poem ''The Magic Box'' to children] |
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[[Category:English children's writers]] |
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[[Category:1944 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:20th-century English poets]] |
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[[Category:21st-century British poets]] |
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[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature]] |
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[[Category:People educated at Berkhamsted School]] |
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[[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]] |
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[[Category:English male poets]] |
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