Anthony V. Capildeo

Anthony V. Capildeo is a Trinidadian British writer whose publications include Measures of Expatriation (Carcanet Press, 2016), Simple Complex Shapes (Shearsman Books, 2015) and Utter (Peepal Tree Press, 2013). They hold a DPhil in Old Norse and are interested in multilingualism, creative reworkings, and the boundaries between the human and the natural. Their collaborative work on performance and installation includes responses to Euripides’ Bacchae, ‘Radical Shakespeare’, and Martin Carter’s revolutionary writings from Guyana. The Harper-Wood Studentship (St John’s College, Cambridge) supported their travel for research during 2015-16. They were awarded the Forward Prize for Best Collection for Measures of Expatriation in 2016, which also featured on the T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist that year. Since then, they have published further titles, including Like a Tree, Walking (Carcanet Press, 2021), Happiness (Intergraphia, 2022) and Polkadot Wounds (Carcanet Press, 2024). Author photo © Hayley Madden for The Poetry Society