Carol Rumens

Carol Rumens FRSL (born 10 December 1944) is a British poet.

Life
Carol Rumens was born in Forest Hill, South London. She won a scholarship to Manchester grammar school and later studied Philosophy at London University, but left before completing her degree. She gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Writing for the Stage (with Distinction) from City College Manchester in 2002.

She taught at University of Kent at Canterbury (1983–85), Queen's University Belfast (1991–93 and 1995–98), University College Cork (1994), University of Stockholm (1999), and University of Hull. As visiting Professor of Creative Writing, she has taught at the University of Wales, Bangor, and later at the University of Hull.

Rumens was Poetry Editor for the publisher Quarto (1982–84) and the literary Review (1984–88). Her work has appeared in The Guardian and Harper's. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984.

Awards

 * 1984: Alice Hunt Bartlett Award (joint winner), forUnplayed Music
 * 1981: New Statesman Prudence Farmer Award, for An Easter Garland
 * 1984: [Cholmondeley Award]
 * 1998: Belfast Arts Award for Literature (shortlist), for Holding Pattern
 * 1998: Forward Poetry Prize (Best Single Poem) (shortlisted for "A Day in the Life of Farmer Dream")
 * 2001: Cardiff International Poetry Competition (Fourth Prize, for "Kings of the Playground")
 * 2001: National Poetry Competition ("Stay in Touch")
 * 2002: Forward Poetry Prize (Best Single Poem) (shortlist)

Poetry

 * A Necklace of Mirrors  Ulsterman, 1978
 * Icon Waves  The Star Wheel Press, 1986
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Editor

 * Slipping Glimpses: Winter Poetry Supplement (editor), Poetry Book Society, 1985
 * Two Women Dancing: New and Selected Poems of Elizabeth Bartlett (editor), Bloodaxe, 1995
 * Old City, New Rumours: A Hull Anthology (editor Five Leaves Press, 2010
 * Two Women Dancing: New and Selected Poems of Elizabeth Bartlett (editor), Bloodaxe, 1995
 * Old City, New Rumours: A Hull Anthology (editor Five Leaves Press, 2010

Plays

 * Nearly Siberia (Pascal Theatre Company, Newcastle and London, 1989)
 * The Freak of the Week Show (EyeSpy Theatre Company, East Didsbury Studio, Manchester, 2001)
 * Suzanne Hecabe (Arden School of Theatre, Manchester, 2002).

Translations

 * Pencil Letter /Irina Ratushinskaya (translator), Bloodaxe, 1988
 * After Pushkin (contributor), Carcanet, 2000 with Yuri Drobyshev
 * Yevgenii Rein: Selected Poems (translator), Bloodaxe, 2001
 * Yevgenii Rein: Selected Poems (translator), Bloodaxe, 2001

Non-fiction

 * Self into Song: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures, Bloodaxe, 2006