Phoebe Power

Phoebe Power (born 1993) is a British poet whose work, Shrines of Upper Austria, won the Forward Prize for Poetry for Best First Collection.

Phoebe Power
Born	1993 (age 31–32) Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Poet
Education	University of Cambridge
Notable works	Shrines of Upper Austria
Notable awards	Forward Prizes for Poetry Somerset Maugham Award
Website
phoebepowerpoetry.wordpress.com

Biography

Phoebe Power was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1993.^[1] She was named a Foyle Young Poet of the Year in 2010.^[2] She later studied at the University of Cambridge where she led the Pembroke Poetry Society.^[3] Power was a recipient of the Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2012.^[4]

Power's full length poetry collection, Shrines of Upper Austria, was published by Carcanet Press in 2018. She was awarded the Forward Prize for Poetry for Best First Collection for the work.^[5] The book was named one of four Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendations for 2018^[6] and has been shortlisted for the 2018 T. S. Eliot Prize.^[7] The collection was inspired by the life of Power's Austrian grandmother, who married a British soldier and emigrated to England after World War II.^[8]

Power lives in York.^[9]

Work

• —— (2016). Harp Duet. ASIN B0DV3513MD.
• —— (2018). Shrines of Upper Austria (paperback 1st ed.). Manchester: Carcanet. ISBN 9781784105341.
• ——; Porteous, Katrina (2021). Sea Change (paperback 1st ed.). Cornwall: Guillemot Press. ISBN 9781913749125.

Awards

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2010	—	Foyle Young Poet of the Year	—	Selection	[2]
2012	—	Eric Gregory Award	—	Won	[4]
2014	—	Northern Writers' Awards	Poetry	Won	[10]
2018	Shrines of Upper Austria	Forward Prizes for Poetry	First Collection	Won	[5]
		T. S. Eliot Prize	—	Shortlisted	[7]
2019		Somerset Maugham Award	—	Won	[11]