Nick Drake (poet)

Nick Drake (born 1961) is a British poet, playwright, screenwriter, librettist, and novelist.

Early life and education
Nick Drake was born near London, England, in 1961. His father was from Prague, Czechoslovakia, and his mother from Northampton.

He first went to school in Cookham, Berkshire, and then St Albans Grammar School. He attended Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Career
Drake has been Literary Associate at the National Theatre, then Literary Manager at the Bush Theatre in Shepherd's Bush, and then Head of Development at Intermedia Films.

He has also taught creative writing at the Arvon Foundation and Goldsmiths' College.

Drake became a full-time freelance writer in 2002.

Writing
His poems include "From The Song Dynasty" and "Static".

"The Farewell Glacier" was the name of both a poem and a collection by Drake, published in 2012, after he had participated in Cape Farewell's 2010 Arctic Expedition to Svalbard.

Drake's "choral play" for the stage, All the Angels, was first performed in 2015 at the Sam Wanamaker Theatre.

He wrote the screenplay for the Australian film based on philosopher Raimond Gaita's autobiography, Romulus, My Father, which starred Eric Bana as Gaita's father.

Rahotep novels

 * 1) Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead 2007
 * 2) Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows 2010
 * 3) Egypt: The Book of Chaos 2011

Poetry collections

 * The Man in the White Suit 1999
 * From the Word Go 2007
 * The Farewell Glacier 2012
 * Out of Range 2018