Jane Draycott

Jane Draycott

Jane Draycott (born 1954) is a British poet, who has worked in sound as well as text. Her poetry collections include "The Night Tree" (2004), "Tideway" (2002), "Prince Rupert's Drop" (1999), "Christina the Astonishing" (1998) with Lesley Saunders, and "No Theatre" (1997).

She has been poet in residence at the River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames and lectures in creative writing at the Universities of Reading, Oxford, and Lancaster.

Draycott was the winner of the 2002 Keats Shelley Prize. In 2004, she was named as one of the Next Generation poets. Draycott is a mentor on the [http://www.crossingborders-africanwriting.org Crossing Borders] creative writing system, which was set up by the British Council and Lancaster University.

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