About Sarah Corbett
Born 1970. Sarah Corbett is a British poet and writer.
Sarah Corbett (born 1970) is a British poet.
She graduated with a degree in English and sociology from the University of Leeds in 1992, an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia in 1998, and a PhD in creative and critical writing from the University of Manchester in 2013. She has published five collections of poetry, including the verse-novel, 'And She Was' (2015) and 'A Perfect Mirror' (2018). The Red Wardrobe won an Eric Gregory Award in 1998, and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and Forward Prize. She is a lecturer at Lancaster University, having previously taught for the Open University.
Awards 1997 Eric Gregory Award, The Red Wardrobe
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Sarah Corbett was born in 1970 in Chester.
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