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Jane Draycott was born in London in 1954 and studied at King’s College London and Bristol University. Her first full collection, Prince Rupert’s Drop (Carcanet/OxfordPoets), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection in 1999. In 2002 she was the winner of the Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry and in 2004, the year of her second collection, The Night Tree, she was nominated as one of the Poetry Book Society’s ‘Next Generation’ list of poets. Her third collection Over (Carcanet/OxfordPoets) was shortlisted for the 2009 T.S. Eliot Prize, and her translation of the 14th-century Pearl (Carcanet/OxfordPoets 2011) is a PBS Recommendation and winner of a Stephen Spender Prize for Translation. Jane Draycott's other books include No Theatre (Smith/Doorstop 1998, shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection), Christina the Astonishing (with Lesley Saunders and Peter Hay, 1998) and Tideway (illustrated by Peter Hay, 2002), both from Two Rivers Press. She lives in Oxfordshire and is a tutor on postgraduate writing programmes at Oxford University and the University of Lancaster.Jane Draycott's personal website can be visited at www.janedraycott.org.uk

Praise for Jane Draycott 'When Jane Draycott read, for the first time, sections of her exquisitely modulated translation of the 'Pearl' poem, its echoing character seemed to transport me from one cultural space to another... I came as close to hearing the 'Pearl' poet's voice as I am ever likely to be.' - Stella Halkyard, PN Review

The manuscript labelled Cotton Nero A.x in the British Library contains four narrative poems written in a West Midlands dialect in the latter part of the 14th century. read more

Part of the same 14th century manuscript as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , also written in its dialect, Pearl is an intricately wrought 1200-line elegaic poem. read more

The miracle of their music. read more

The four poems in British Library, MS Cotton Nero A. x. art. read more

The manuscript labelled Cotton Nero A.x in the British Library contains four narrative poems written in a West Midlands dialect in the latter part of the 14th century. read more

Part of the same 14th century manuscript as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , also written in its dialect, Pearl is an intricately wrought 1200-line elegaic poem. read more

The miracle of their music. read more

The four poems in British Library, MS Cotton Nero A. x. art. read more

The manuscript labelled Cotton Nero A.x in the British Library contains four narrative poems written in a West Midlands dialect in the latter part of the 14th century. read more

Part of the same 14th century manuscript as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , also written in its dialect, Pearl is an intricately wrought 1200-line elegaic poem. read more

The miracle of their music. read more

The four poems in British Library, MS Cotton Nero A. x. art. read more

� 'A breath of fresh air.' read more

Autumn 2009 � 'Pass', from Jane Draycott's third collection Over , is . . . about the vulnerability of young people and their parents' sense of protectiveness. read more

To refer to oneself in the third person, as politicians and footballers sometimes do, suggests a self-image both lordly and insecure, at odds with itself. read more

TS Eliot prize The Sunday Times review by Alan Brownjohn: a preview of the 10 shortlistees for the prestigious poetry prize The annual 10-book shortlist for the £15,000 TS Eliot prize can be re-lied on to provide an intriguing mix of obvious candidates and surprising outsiders. read more

When poetry is described as 'quiet', this may mean that it lacks a sense of musical order and consequence, as is true of the quietly prosy work that is widespread in magazines - the decent, earnest kind that tends to be all language and no song. read more

John Greening, Times Literary Supplement , 8th October 2004
Mists over water
Jane Draycott's quiet, meticulous poems inhabit the vague, evanescent world between waking and sleeping. read more

Full of Dreamers Jane Griffiths, Poetry Review , volume 95: winter 2004-5
In The Night Tree , Jane Draycott's second collection from Carcanet/Oxford Poets, nothing is quite what it seems. read more

Sean O'Brien, The Belfast Telegraph Saturday 1st January, 2005
Jane Draycott's The Night Tree includes the haunting, mesmeric Tideway poems, set among the Thames watermen. read more

Reviewed by Sean O'Brien in The Sunday Times , 14 November 2004-11-16
The Nigh Tree , Jane Draycott's second full collection, confirms that she possesses an imaginative intensity and concentration. read more

Reviewed by David Morley in The Guardian

Poetry persuades by the precision of its language, and this necessary exactness is carefully and coldly won over years of drafting and redrafting. read more

Penelope Shuttle in the Manhattan Review
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Jane Draycott reads 'The Longest Day' (1:00 min) Jane Draycott discusses the title Over (1:10 mins) Jane Draycott reads and discusses her translation of 'Pearl' Jane Draycott, discusses the process of translating 'Pearl' Jane Draycott reads 'The Stem' at Poets and Players (1:18 mins) Jane Draycott reads 'Streetview' at Poets and Players (1:31 mins) Jane Draycott reads 'Lost' at Poets and Players (2:23 mins) Jane Draycott reads 'Pass' at Poets and Players (1:44 mins) Jane Draycott reads from Pearl at Poets and Players (6:38 mins)

Jane Draycott (5 March 2012)
From Five Carcanet Poets reading at Shakespeare and Company, Paris (5 March 2012)

Sasha Dugdale (5 March 2012)
From Five Carcanet Poets reading at Shakespeare and Company, Paris (5 March 2012)

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Jane Draycott Books by this author: Pearl (Tr.) Over Introducing the Oxford Poets The Night Tree Prince Rupert's Drop About Reviews Audio Gallery Jane Draycott was born in London in 1954 and studied at King’s College London and Bristol University. Her first full collection, Prince Rupert’s Drop (Carcanet/OxfordPoets), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection in 1999. In 2002 she was the winner of the Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry and in 2004, the year of her second collection, The Night Tree, she was nominated as one of the Poetry Book Society’s ‘Next Generation’ list of poets. Her third collection Over (Carcanet/OxfordPoets) was shortlisted for the 2009 T.S. Eliot Prize, and her translation of the 14th-century Pearl (Carcanet/OxfordPoets 2011) is a PBS Recommendation and winner of a Stephen Spender Prize for Translation. Jane Draycott's other books include No Theatre (Smith/Doorstop 1998, shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection), Christina the Astonishing (with Lesley Saunders and Peter Hay, 1998) and Tideway (illustrated by Peter Hay, 2002), both from Two Rivers Press. She lives in Oxfordshire and is a tutor on postgraduate writing programmes at Oxford University and the University of Lancaster.Jane Draycott's personal website can be visited at www.janedraycott.org.uk Praise for Jane Draycott 'When Jane Draycott read, for the first time, sections of her exquisitely modulated translation of the 'Pearl' poem, its echoing character seemed to transport me from one cultural space to another... I came as close to hearing the 'Pearl' poet's voice as I am ever likely to be.' - Stella Halkyard, PN Review The manuscript labelled Cotton Nero A.x in the British Library contains four narrative poems written in a West Midlands dialect in the latter part of the 14th century. read more Part of the same 14th century manuscript as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , also written in its dialect, Pearl is an intricately wrought 1200-line elegaic poem. read more The miracle of their music. read more The four poems in British Library, MS Cotton Nero A. x. art. read more The manuscript labelled Cotton Nero A.x in the British Library contains four narrative poems written in a West Midlands dialect in the latter part of the 14th century. read more Part of the same 14th century manuscript as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , also written in its dialect, Pearl is an intricately wrought 1200-line elegaic poem. read more The miracle of their music. read more The four poems in British Library, MS Cotton Nero A. x. art. read more The manuscript labelled Cotton Nero A.x in the British Library contains four narrative poems written in a West Midlands dialect in the latter part of the 14th century. read more Part of the same 14th century manuscript as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , also written in its dialect, Pearl is an intricately wrought 1200-line elegaic poem. read more The miracle of their music. read more The four poems in British Library, MS Cotton Nero A. x. art. read more � 'A breath of fresh air.' read more Autumn 2009 � 'Pass', from Jane Draycott's third collection Over , is . . . about the vulnerability of young people and their parents' sense of protectiveness. read more To refer to oneself in the third person, as politicians and footballers sometimes do, suggests a self-image both lordly and insecure, at odds with itself. read more TS Eliot prize The Sunday Times review by Alan Brownjohn: a preview of the 10 shortlistees for the prestigious poetry prize The annual 10-book shortlist for the £15,000 TS Eliot prize can be re-lied on to provide an intriguing mix of obvious candidates and surprising outsiders. read more When poetry is described as 'quiet', this may mean that it lacks a sense of musical order and consequence, as is true of the quietly prosy work that is widespread in magazines - the decent, earnest kind that tends to be all language and no song. read more John Greening, Times Literary Supplement , 8th October 2004 Mists over water Jane Draycott's quiet, meticulous poems inhabit the vague, evanescent world between waking and sleeping. read more Full of Dreamers Jane Griffiths, Poetry Review , volume 95: winter 2004-5 In The Night Tree , Jane Draycott's second collection from Carcanet/Oxford Poets, nothing is quite what it seems. read more Sean O'Brien, The Belfast Telegraph Saturday 1st January, 2005 Jane Draycott's The Night Tree includes the haunting, mesmeric Tideway poems, set among the Thames watermen. read more Reviewed by Sean O'Brien in The Sunday Times , 14 November 2004-11-16 The Nigh Tree , Jane Draycott's second full collection, confirms that she possesses an imaginative intensity and concentration. read more Reviewed by David Morley in The Guardian Poetry persuades by the precision of its language, and this necessary exactness is carefully and coldly won over years of drafting and redrafting. read more Penelope Shuttle in the Manhattan Review ... read more Jane Draycott reads 'The Longest Day' (1:00 min) Jane Draycott discusses the title Over (1:10 mins) Jane Draycott reads and discusses her translation of 'Pearl' Jane Draycott, discusses the process of translating 'Pearl' Jane Draycott reads 'The Stem' at Poets and Players (1:18 mins) Jane Draycott reads 'Streetview' at Poets and Players (1:31 mins) Jane Draycott reads 'Lost' at Poets and Players (2:23 mins) Jane Draycott reads 'Pass' at Poets and Players (1:44 mins) Jane Draycott reads from Pearl at Poets and Players (6:38 mins) Jane Draycott (5 March 2012) From Five Carcanet Poets reading at Shakespeare and Company, Paris (5 March 2012) Sasha Dugdale (5 March 2012) From Five Carcanet Poets reading at Shakespeare and Company, Paris (5 March 2012)	Share this... 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