Education
He graduated with an Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in 1997.
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Jacob Polley
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His first three books of poems, all published by Picador are The Brink (2003), Little Gods (2006) and The Havocs (2012). He is regarded as one of the leading talents of the new generation of British poets. Polley was selected as one of the Next Generation Poets in 2004.
His second book, Little Gods (Picador 2006), was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
Jacob Polley’s first novel, Talk of the Town, was published in June 2009 by Picador. Jacob was the 2011 Arts Queensland Poet-in-Residence and is now a lecturer in Creative Writing at Saint Andrews University.
The Brink: Charles Bainbridge (11 September 2004). "Everyday Otherness" The Guardian.
Retrieved 1 February 2013 Little Gods: Fiona Sampson (The Liberal).
Retrieved 1 February 2013.
Achievements
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Polley won an Eric Gregory Award, and the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4/Arts Council ‘First Verse’ Award, in 2002. His first book, The Brink (Picador 2003), was a Poetry Book Society Choice, and went on to be shortlisted for the Thomas Stearns Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize and the John Llewellyn Rhys prize. The book went on to win the 2010 Somerset Maugham Award and was also shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. The Havocs (2012), his third book of poetry, was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and won the 2012 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. lieutenant was also shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection and for the Thomas Stearns Eliot Prize in 2012.
Awards
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Eric Gregory Award Somerset Maugham Award; Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize; Forward Prize; T. S. Eliot Prize; Eric Gregory Award
The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors.; The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is awarded by the Poetry Book Society (UK) to 'the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland' in any particular year.The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors.; The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is awarded by the Poetry Book Society (UK) to 'the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland' in any particular year.