| Event Name: | Sebald Lecture |
| Description: | Sean O’Brien is a poet, critic, broadcaster, anthologist and editor.He is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His first six individual poetry collections have all won awards, most recently The Drowned Book, which won both the 2007 Forward and T S Eliot Prizes, the first time a book has won both awards. He published his first novel Afterlife in 2009, along with The Silence Room, a collection of short stories. His latest poetry collection, November, was a Poetry Book Society Choice and also shortlisted for both the 2011 T S Eliot Prize and for the Forward Prize.
The translation prizes, including the Schlegel-Tieck Prize, will be announced before the lecture. |
| Type of Event: | Literary Events - Book Launch - Readings |
| Event Agenda: | Sean O'Brien |
| Event Location: | Kings Place |
| Event City: | London |
| Type of Venue: | Gallery |
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| Event Start Date | 06-Feb-12 |