Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan and grew up in Hertfordshire. After working for many years as a secondary school teacher in London, she is now a freelance writer and tutor, and lives in Wymondham, Norfolk. All her poetry is published by Bloodaxe. Her most recent titles are Fairoz (2022), Blackbird, Bye Bye (2018); her book-length poem, At the Time...
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The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce that the winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize 2018 is Hannah Sullivan for her thrilling collection Three Poems, published by Faber & Faber. After months of reading and deliberation, judges Sinéad Morrissey, Daljit Nagra and Clare Pollard unanimously chose the...
This article on the T. S. Eliot Prize was first published on the Poetry Book Society website in 2009. Congratulations to Jen Hadfield for winning the T. S. Eliot Prize 2008 for Nigh-No-Place (Bloodaxe Books). The other poets on the shortlist were: Moniza Alvi for Europa (Bloodaxe Books) Peter...
