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Andrew McMillan (born 1988) is an English poet and lecturer.

Biography

McMillan was born near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He is the son of poet Ian McMillan.[1] He studied at University of Lancaster, and then at University College London,[2] and is now Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.[3]

His debut collection, Physical, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2015.[4] It was the first collection of poems to win the Guardian First Book Award,[5] and also won a Somerset Maugham Award[6] and the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize.[7]

His second collection, playtime, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2018, and won the inaugural Polari Prize.[8] With Mary Jean Chan, McMillan was co-editor of the 2022 collection "100 Queer Poems".

McMillan lives in Manchester.[9]

Bibliography

  • Pity (2024)
  • 100 Queer Poems (co-editor), (2022)
  • pandemonium (2021)
  • playtime (2018)
  • physical (2015)

References

  1. ^ "Andrew McMillan - why poetry matters". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Andrew McMillan | Podcast". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Profile, Manchester Metropolitan University". Manchester Metropolitan University. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. ^ McMillan, Andrew. "Physical". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Guardian first book award 2015 goes to poet Andrew McMillan". The Guardian. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Andrew McMillan". The Conversation. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Andrew McMillan wins Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize – The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Story, Manchester Metropolitan University". Manchester Metropolitan University. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  9. ^ Saunders, Tristram Fane (18 June 2019). "Andrew McMillan interview: 'Retired women tell me the most intimate details about their sex lives'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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