Daisy Lafarge
Daisy Lafarge (born 1992) is a Glasgow-based poet and novelist.
Career[edit]
Born in Hastings, East Sussex, Lafarge studied Fine Art and History of Art at Edinburgh College of Art.[1] She later completed a PhD in Creative Writing, Geography and Molecular Epidemiology at the University of Glasgow in 2021.
She won an Eric Gregory Award in 2017, and was runner-up in the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award in 2018.[2] Her debut poetry book Life Without Air (Granta, 2020), was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize,[citation needed] and named Poetry Book of the Year in Scotland's National Book Awards.[3]
A novel, Paul, received a pre-publication Betty Trask Award in 2019, and was later published by Granta in 2021, to critical acclaim from The Guardian,[4] The New York Times,[5] The Atlantic[6] and The Irish Times.[7]
Lafarge collaborates frequently with visual artists. In July 2021 Grönland Records announced 'ERR', a photographic essay by David Sylvian, with text by Shinya Fujiwara and an untitled original poem by Lafarge.[8]
Lovebug, a nonfiction book exploring metaphors of love and infection, was published by Peninsula Press in 2023.[9]
Lafarge also writes about art, ecology and literature for publications and organisations such as The New York Times[10] and Wellcome Collection.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2016 - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk.
- ^ "Poetry Award 2018". July 10, 2019.
- ^ "Scotland's National Book Awards 2021 Winners". The Saltire Society. November 27, 2021.
- ^ Ash, Lamorna (August 5, 2021). "Paul by Daisy Lafarge review – a beautifully observed debut". The Guardian.
- ^ Hitchens, Antonia (August 15, 2022). "If Gauguin Were Alive Today…". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Fox-Martens, Ella (September 3, 2022). "Tearing Down the Myth of Paul Gauguin". The Atlantic.
- ^ "Paul: Intelligent, subtle debut is brilliantly unsettling". The Irish Times.
- ^ "David Sylvian: ERR". davidsylvian.com. 2021-07-28. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Lovebug *signed bookplate edition*". Peninsula Press.
- ^ Lafarge, Daisy (May 20, 2023). "A Closeted College Freshman Learns a Thing or Two About Adulthood". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "daisy lafarge | Search". Wellcome Collection.
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