Michael Vince (born 1947) is a British poet and author. He was educated at Emanuel School and King's College, Cambridge, where he read English under Tony Tanner and began friendships with the poets Dick Davis, Robert Wells and Clive Wilmer. He taught in Italy and the UK before emigrating to Greece in 1977, where he worked in language teaching with the British Council, and as a free-lance materials writer and in teacher education. He now lives in London.
Vince won a Gregory Award in 1977. He has since published a number of books and pamphlets, most recently Plain Text in 2015, Long Distance in 2020 and Back to Life in 2023. He has appeared in numerous magazines in the UK and USA, including Outposts, Southern Review, PN Review, Encounter, Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, Numbers, La Fontana and Verse.
Vince has also published a number of best-selling ELT course books and grammars, including Highlight, and the Language Practice series.
Works
Poetry
- The Orchard Well (Carcanet, 1978)
- Mountain, Epic and Dream (Bran's Head, 1981)
- In the New District (Carcanet, 1982)
- Gaining Definition (Robert L Barth, 1986)
- Plain Text (Mica, 2015)
- Twelve Poems of Michael Vince (www.michaelvince.co.uk, 2016)
- Long Distance (Mica, 2020)
- A Conversation with George Seferis (Rack, 2022)
- Back to Life [Mica, 2023)
Anthology contributions
- Young Winter’s Tales (Macmillan)
- The River’s Voice (Common Ground)
- Trees Be Company (Common Ground)
- A Calendar of Modern Poetry (PN Review, 1991)
- Baudelaire in English (Penguin, 1998)
- Hollow Palaces (Liverpool University Press 2021)
References
- Davis, Dick (4 November 2003). "Edgar Bowers and England". escholarship.org. University of California. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- Davie, Donald. "Letters to the Editors". pnreview.co.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- "Michael Vince". macmillanenglish.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- "The Eric Gregory Trust Fund Awards: Past Winners". societyofauthors.org. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- "Forthcoming events: Plain Text". poetrysociety.org.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- e.g. "Articles, Poetry Contributions and Reviews by Michael Vince". pnreview.co.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- "Books by Michael Vince". Goodreads. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
External links
- Twelve Poems of Michael Vince (official web site)
- Macmillan English author profile
- Archive of Carcanet Press - Administrative Papers, University of Manchester Library
- Sharratt, Bernard. "Areas of Experience". The Tablet, 4 June 1977, pp. 10-11. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- Schmidt, Michael. "The Time and the Place". The Kenyon Review, New Series, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Summer, 1981), pp. 9-31. JSTOR 4335196.
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