The Writers of Wales Database

CORBETT, SARAH

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Poet. Sarah was born in Chester in 1970 and grew up in rural north Wales. She studied at Leeds University and the University of East Anglia, where she obtained a masters degree in poetry on the prestigious writing programme. She has been published in The Independent, The Rialto, Poetry Review, Iron, Scratch, Poetry London, and Poetry Wales. Sarah received an Eric Gregory Award in 1997. A year later, The Red Wardrobe was nominated for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Poems from the collection have been made into a short film. A selection of her translations of the Dutch poet Mustafa Stitou were published in Uit Het Hoofd / By Heart (Five Leaves, 2006). Sarah is currently working on a verse novel as part of a PhD at the University of Manchester.

Reviews:
With respect to The Red Wardrobe (Seren 1998)

"…Not after-dinner reading for the idle or timid…Corbett’s is an original voice, and these are strong poems of consistent quality..."
Envoi

"...Sarah Corbett is embarking on a courageous journey, a journey into other worlds of ’weird’..."
Poetry Review

With respect to The Witch Bag (Seren 2001)

"...The poet...like (Ted) Hughes, takes on the role of seer as she does throughout most of this collection, carrying it off with strong feeling, attractive natural imagery and incantatory rhythms..."
Skald


Selected Publications:
The Red Wardrobe (Seren 1998)
The Witch Bag (Seren 2001)
Other Beasts (Seren, 2008)

Contributed to:
Uit Het Hoofd / By Heart (contributor) (Five Leaves, 2006)



Other Beasts (Seren, 2008)

Other Beasts differs from Sarah Corbett’s earlier work in that in the latter half of this collection of poems, she moves away from her own personal history and focuses on in-depth and often scary narratives of other lives.

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