John Stammers
John Stammers is a British poet and writer.
Life
Stammers read philosophy at King's College London and is an Associate of King's College. He took up writing poetry in his 30s, joining Michael Donaghy’s City University poetry group. Stammers now teaches at City Lit. In 2002/03 he was appointed Judith E Wilson Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He has edited Magma magazine and was convenor of the British and Irish Contemporary Poetry Conference. His work has also appeared in London Review of Books, The New Republic, Poetry Daily, Poetry Review and various broadsheets.Stammers lives in London with his wife and their two sons.
Awards
- 2001 Forward Prize for Best First Collection
- 2001 Whitbread Poetry Award shortlisted
- 2005 Waterstones Best New Poetry
- 2005 Poetry Book Society Choice
- 2005 Forward Prize for Best Collection
- 2005 TS Eliot Award
Works
- Panoramic Lounge-bar
- Buffalo Bills
- Stolen Love Behaviour
- Interior Night
- The Picador Book of Love Poems
- ''Gerard Manley Hopkins - Poet to Poet''