Night

David Harsent is a British poet who won the Griffin Poetry Prize for an International poet in 2012 for Night. He is one of Britain's most distinguished contemporary poets, having also won the Forward Prize, the Costa Poetry Award, and many other awards. Harsent is a prolific poet whose work is known for its dark intensity, its use of violent imagery, and its exploration of myth, the unconscious, and the erotic. Read more →