Sharon Olds was born in San Francisco and educated at Stanford University and Columbia University. She is the author of thirteen books of poetry. Balladz (Cape Poetry, 2023), was a finalist for the National Book Award and was longlisted for the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize. Her collection, Stag’s Leap (Cape Poetry), won both the T. S. Eliot Prize 2012 and...
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In 2023 the T. S. Eliot Prize celebrated its 30th anniversary. We marked the occasion by looking back at the collections which have won ‘the Prize poets most want to win’ (Sir Andrew Motion). Sharon Olds has a long history with the T. S. Eliot Prize, having been shortlisted for...
This article on the T. S. Eliot Prize was first published on the Poetry Book Society website in 2013. The Poetry Book Society is delighted to announce that Sharon Olds has won the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry 2012 with Stag’s Leap, published by Cape Poetry. She is...
This article on the T. S. Eliot Prize was first published on the Poetry Book Society website in 2012. The Poetry Book Society is pleased to announce the Shortlist for the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry 2012. Judges Carol Ann Duffy (Chair), Michael Longley and David Morley have chosen...
