Recent work
Updates
- David will be appearing at the L.S.E. Literary Festival on the 25th of February.
Latest collection:
David Harsent has published eleven collections of poetry. The most recent, Salt, came from Faber & Faber in October 2017. He is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Roehampton and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
His work in music theatre has involved collaborations with a number of composers, but most often with Harrison Birtwistle, and has been performed at the Royal Opera House, Carnegie Hall, the Proms and on Channel 4 TV.
Awards
- 2014 T.S. Eliot Prize (Best Poetry Collection) — Fire Songs
- 2012 Griffin International Poetry Prize — Night
- 2008 Cholmondeley Award
- 2008 Griffin International Poetry Prize (shortlist) — Selected Poems 1969-2005
- 2007 Forward Poetry Prize (Best Single Poem) (shortlist) — The Hut in Question
- 2007 Griffin Intertational Poetry Prize (shortlist) — Selected Poems
- 2005 Whitbread Poetry Award (shortlist) — Legion
- 2005 T.S. Eliot Prize (shortlist) — Legion
- 2005 Forward Poetry Prize (Best Poetry Collection of the Year) — Legion
- 2002 T.S. Eliot Prize (shortlist) — Marriage
- 2002 Forward Poetry Prize (Best Poetry Collection of the Year — shortlist) — Marriage
- 1998 T.S. Eliot Prize (shortlist) — A Bird’s Idea of Flight
- 1998 Forward Poetry Prize (Best Poetry Collection of the Year — shortlist) — A Bird’s Idea of Flight
- 1988 Society of Authors Travel Award
- 1978 Arts Council Writers’ Award
- 1977 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize — Dreams of the Dead
- 1970 Arts Council Writers’ Award
- 1967 Eric Gregory Award