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Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T.S. Eliot Prize | 2008 | Winner |
About This Book
Jen Hadfield's second collection is saturated with Shetland—its wind, seabirds, and Norse-inflected language. Playful, formally inventive, and deeply sensory, these poems embed ecological observation in the fabric of place with remarkable freshness.
About the Author
Jen Hadfield is a British poet known for her Shetland-inspired poetry that draws on landscape, ecology, and Norse language. She won the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2008 for Nigh-No-Place (Bloodaxe Books), becoming one of the youngest winners of the prize. Read more →
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