Greta Stoddart

Stoddart was born in 1966 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. She spent her childhood in Oxford and Belgium.^[1] She graduated from the University of Manchester^[2] and studied acting in Paris and worked as a performer before becoming a full-time poet. Having taught at Goldsmiths, University of London and Bath Spa University, she now teaches for Poetry School UK.^[3]

Stoddart's first collection of poetry, At Home in the Dark, was published in 2001^[4] and won the 2002 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.^[5]

Her second collection, Salvation Jane, was published in 2009^[6] and shortlisted for the 2008 Costa Book Award.^[7]

Her third collection, Alive Alive O, was published in 2015 and was shortlisted for the 2016 Roehampton Poetry Prize.^[8]

Her radio poem, Who’s there?, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4^[9] and was shortlisted for the 2017 Ted Hughes Award.^[10]

Her fourth collection Fool was published in 2022.^[11]

She received a Cholmondeley Award in 2023^[12]