Education
Sophie Robinson was a student on the Master of Arts in Poetic Practice at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she subsequently completed a practice-based Doctor of Philosophy in queer poetics under the supervision of Redell Olsen.
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Sophie Robinson
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Robinson"s creative and critical work has been published in Pilot, How2, Dusie and elsewhere. Longer collections include Killin" Kittenish (2006),a (2009), Lotion (2010), and The Institute of Our Love in Disrepair (2012). her work has also been included in the anthologies Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century (Bloodaxe),, and Women Poets (Shearsman, 2010). She has performed her work in Ireland, as part of the SoundEye Festival, and America.
An out lesbian, she lives in London.
She teaches at the University of East Anglia. Robinson was the poetry artist in residence at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2011 and at the University of Surrey in 2012.
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2010 Lambda Literary Award nomination for a (Les Figues Press, 2009) 2010 Golden Crown Literary Society Goldie Award nomination for a (Les Figues Press, 2009)
Lambda Literary (also known as the 'Lammys') are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes.Lambda Literary (also known as the 'Lammys') are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes.