Mama Amazonica

Name: Mama Amazonica
ISBN: 9781781723159

by Pascale Petit

RSL Ondaatje · 2018 · WinnerRSL Ondaatje · 2017 · Shortlist

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Bloodaxe BooksSeptember 7, 2017PoetryISBN 9781781723159

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
RSL Ondaatje Prize	2018	Winner	“For its deployment of Amazonian wildlife as a language for maternal damage and survival — formally audacious and emotionally devastating.”
RSL Ondaatje Prize	2017	Shortlist

About This Book

Pascale Petit's seventh poetry collection responds to the experience of her abusive and mentally ill mother through the lens of Amazonian wildlife and shamanism, deploying animals, birds, and tropical vegetation as figures for damage, survival, and love. It won the RSL Ondaatje Prize in 2018 and was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award.

About the Author

Pascale PetitGB

Pascale Petit is a British-French poet born in Paris in 1953. She studied sculpture at the Royal College of Art and trained as a visual artist before becoming a poet. Her collections include Heart of a Deer (1998), The Zoo Father (2001), The Huntress (2005), What the Water Gave Me (2010), Fauverie (2014), and Mama Amazonica (2017). Read more →