Sam Willetts
Sam Willetts is an English poet. He was born and raised in Oxford. His father Harry Willetts was a noted scholar and translator of Russian at St Antony's [College, Oxford]. Sam studied English at Wadham College. He has struggled with drug addiction and homelessness. His first book of poems New Light for the Old Dark was nominated for the Forward [Prizes for Poetry|Forward Prize for Poetry], the Costa [Book Award for Poetry] and the T. S. [Eliot Prize].