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.

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

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. The book was named one of four Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendations for 2018 and has been shortlisted for the 2018 T. S. Eliot Prize. 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.

Power lives in York.

Work

Awards YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef.2010—Foyle Young Poet of the Year — 2018Shrines of Upper AustriaForward Prizes for PoetryFirst Collection