Carole Satyamurti
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Carole Satyamurti is a British poet, sociologist, and translator.
, and lived in North America, Singapore and Uganda.
She taught at the University of East London
, and at the Tavistock Clinic
where her main interest was relating psycholanalytic ideas to the stories people tell about themselves whether in formal autobiography or everyday encounters.
She teaches for the Arvon Foundation
and for the Poetry School. She is vice-president of Ver Poets.
She runs poetry programs in Venice, Corfu, and the National Gallery (London), with Gregory Warren Wilson.
She has been writer in residence at the University of Sussex
, and the College of Charleston
.
She lives and works in London
.
Life
She grew up in KentKent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, and lived in North America, Singapore and Uganda.
She taught at the University of East London
University of East London
The University of East London is a university located in the London Borough of Newham, East London, England, based at two campuses in Stratford and Docklands areas...
, and at the Tavistock Clinic
Tavistock Clinic
The in London was founded in 1920 by Dr. Hugh Crichton-Miller, a psychiatrist who developed psychological treatments for shell-shocked soldiers during and after the First World War. The clinic's first patient was, however, a child. Its clinical services were always, therefore, for both children...
where her main interest was relating psycholanalytic ideas to the stories people tell about themselves whether in formal autobiography or everyday encounters.
She teaches for the Arvon Foundation
Arvon Foundation
The Arvon Foundation is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom which promotes creative writing. It is based in the Free Word Centre for literature, literacy and free expression in London.-History:...
and for the Poetry School. She is vice-president of Ver Poets.
She runs poetry programs in Venice, Corfu, and the National Gallery (London), with Gregory Warren Wilson.
She has been writer in residence at the University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
, and the College of Charleston
College of Charleston
The College of Charleston is a public, sea-grant and space-grant university located in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States...
.
She lives and works in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Awards
- 1986 National Poetry Competition
- 1988 Arts Council Writers' Award
- 2000 Cholmondeley AwardCholmondeley AwardThe Cholmondeley Award is an annual award for poetry given by the Society of Authors in the United Kingdom. Awards honour distinguished poets, from a fund endowed by the late Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley in 1966...
- 2007 short-listed Forward Prize
Works
- "Chesil Beach", poetry pf
- "Lust in Translation"; "How I Altered History"; "Woman Pursued by Dragon Flees into the Desert"; "Dear Departed", poetry pf
- "Villanelle", Ambit, No 165 2001
- "When He is Silent", Ambit, No 165 2001
Translations
- "Two Women", Toeti Heraty, Poetry Translation Centre
- "A Woman's Portrait 1938", Toeti Heraty, Poetry Translation Centre
- "Geneva in July", Toeti Heraty, Poetry Translation Centre
- "Jogging in Jakarta", Toeti Heraty, Poetry Translation Centre