Luke Kennard (poet)

Luke Kennard (born 1981^[1]) is a British poet, critic, novelist and lecturer.

He won an Eric Gregory Award in 2005^[2] for his first collection The Solex Brothers.^[3] His second collection, The Harbour Beyond The Movie, was shortlisted for the 2007 Forward Prize for Best Collection, making him the youngest ever poet to be nominated.^[4] In 2014 he was named as one of the Poetry Book Society's Next Generation Poets.^[5] His debut novel, The Transition, was published by Fourth Estate in March 2017.^[6] The novel was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.^[7] His poetry collection Notes on the Sonnets won the 2021 Forward Prize for Best Collection.

Publications

• The Solex Brothers (2005)
• The Harbour Beyond The Movie (2007)
• The Migraine Hotel (2009)
• Planet Shaped Horse (2011)
• The Necropolis Boat (2012)
• Holophin (2012)
• A Lost Expression (2012)
• Cain (2016)
• The Transition (2017)
• Truffle Hound (2018)
• The Answer to Everything (2021)^[8]
• Bad Sermons (2021)^[9]
• Notes on the Sonnets (2021)^[10]