Nancy Campbell Explained

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Notable Works:The Library of IceDisko BayThunderstone
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Awards:RGS Ness Award 2021
Education:University of Oxford
Nationality:British
Nancy Campbell
Language:English
Birth Date:February 12, 1978
Birth Place:Exeter, England
Occupation:Poet and essayist, printmaker

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.[1] Other works include The Library of Ice (2018) and Fifty Words for Snow (2020). In 2018, she was appointed Canal Laureate by the Poetry Society and the Canal & River Trust.[2] In 2021 she received the Royal Geographical Society Ness Award for environmental writing.[3]

Early life and education

Campbell was born in Exeter and grew up in the Scottish Borders and Northumberland.[4] She studied English Literature at the University of Oxford from 1996-9 before training in letterpress printing and typefounding at Barbarian Press, and The New York Center for Book Arts. She subsequently worked for Book Works in London, and specialised in selling fine printing and writers' archives at the antiquarian book dealer Bertram Rota in Covent Garden.[5]

Residencies and fellowships

Published works

Art Writing

Collaborations and artist's editions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nancy Campbell. 2021-06-14. Forward Arts Foundation. en-GB.
  2. Web site: Canal Laureate – The Poetry Society. 2021-06-14. poetrysociety.org.uk.
  3. Web site: Royal Geographical Society - Latest news . 2023-09-13 . www.rgs.org.
  4. Web site: Nancy Campbell (poet) - United Kingdom - Poetry International. 2021-06-01. www.poetryinternational.org.
  5. Web site: Artist’s Books – Nancy Campbell. 2021-06-14. en-US.
  6. Web site: Book review: Fifty Words for Snow, by Nancy Campbell. 2021-10-18. www.scotsman.com. en.
  7. Web site: On the margins – Catalogue 2012, Doverodde Book Arts Festival IV. 2021-10-18. Issuu. en.
  8. Web site: Forward Arts Foundation in Conversation with Nancy Campbell. 2021-10-18. Forward Arts Foundation. en-GB.
  9. Web site: Six Questions For Nancy Campbell. 2021-10-18. The Island Review. en-US.
  10. Web site: Nancy Campbell . 2023-09-13 . Fondation Jan Michalski . en.
  11. Web site: Campbell, Nancy: Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia . 2023-09-13 . www.villa-concordia.de.
  12. https://www.sfischergastprofessur.de/en/guest-professorship-guests-of-honour/nancy-campbell
  13. Web site: 2022-08-11 . Sarah Bodman and Nancy Campbell- Dinner & A Rose . 2023-09-13 . Notts Book Arts . en.
  14. Web site: A songbook of rare feelings – Stichting Ensemble VONK . 2023-09-13 . en-GB.
  15. Web site: Tikilluarit . 2023-09-13 . ronigross.com.
  16. Web site: The Night Hunter . 2023-09-13 . ronigross.com.
  17. Web site: Song for the small hours . 2023-09-13 . Incline Press . en-GB.