Nancy Campbell
Nancy Campbell | |
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| Born | February 12, 1978 Exeter, England |
| Occupation | Poet and essayist, printmaker |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Subject | Landscape, Art Writing, Art Criticism |
| Notable works | The Library of Ice, Disko Bay, Uneasy Pieces,Thunderstone |
| Notable awards | TLS Ackerley Prize 2023, RGS Ness Award 2021, Terrain Non-Fiction Prize 2014, Birgit Skiöld Award 2013 |
Nancy Campbell is a British poet, non-fiction writer and publisher of artist's books. Her first collection of poetry, Disko Bay (2015), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Other works include a book of prose poems Uneasy Pieces (2022), and non-fiction books Thunderstone (2022),The Library of Ice (2018) and Fifty Words for Snow (2020). She served as the UK’s Canal Laureate (2018-19) appointed by the Poetry Society and the Canal & River Trust. In 2021 she received the Royal Geographical Society Ness Award for environmental writing.