Naomi Foyle | |
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| Native name | Naomi Foyle |
| Born | February 22, 1967 London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | poet, novelist, essayist, editor, translator, activist |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | British literature |
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Naomi Foyle (born 22 February 1967) is a British-Canadian poet, novelist, essayist, editor, translator and activist. For her poetry and essays about Ukraine, she was awarded the 2014 Hryhorii Skovoroda Prize.[1]
Life and career
Foyle was born in London, UK. She was brought up in London, Hong Kong, Liverpool and Saskatchewan, and graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA in Philosophy in 1990.[citation needed]
Her book, Seoul Survivors, was praised by the Guardian.[2] Library Journal recommended the series Astra "for Hunger Games fans of all ages".[3]
In 2021, Foyle disclosed on her blog that she had been diagnosed with autism the previous year at the age of 53.[4]
Selected publications
Prose
- Seoul Survivors Jo Fletcher Books, 2013, ISBN 978-1-78087-600-9
- Astra: Book One of the Gaia Chronicles Jo Fletcher Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1-78087-636-8
- Rook Song: Book Two of the Gaia Chronicles Jo Fletcher Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1-78206-921-8
- The Blood of the Hoopoe: Book Three of the Gaia Chronicles Jo Fletcher Books, 2016. ISBN 978-1-78206-924-9
- Stained Light: Book Four of the Gaia Chronicles Jo Fletcher Books, 2018. ISBN 978-1-78206-927-0
Poetry collections
- The Night Pavilion Waterloo Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-906742-05-8
- The World Cup Waterloo Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-906742-21-8
- Adamantine Red Hen/Pighog Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-906309-41-1
Poetry pamphlets
- Curdled Cream: A Collection of Snarls. Kinkos, Toronto. 1990.
- Febrifuge treeplantsink press, 1996
- Citas Impossibles/Impossible Engagements, 1997
- Forgive the Rain: more exceptionally useless poems Back Pack Press, 1997 [2nd Ed. 1999]
- Songs from the Blood Shed Window Grate Press, 1996 [2nd ed 2000]
- Aphrodite's Answering Machine: Erotic Vignettes Urban Pillow, 2002
- Red Hot & Bothered Lansdowne Press, 2003
- Canada Echo Room Press, 2004
- Grace of the Gamblers: A Chantilly Chantey Waterloo Press, 2010 ISBN 978-1-906742-17-1
- No Enemy but Time Waterloo Press, 2017
Edited anthologies & collections (with introductions)
- Mairtin Crawford: Selected Poems. Lagan Press, 2005
- A Blade of Grass: New Palestinian Poetry (Smokestack Books, 2017) ISBN 978-0-9957675-3-9
Co-translations
- Enemies Outside / Enemigos Afuera by Mori Ponsowy. Translated by Mori Ponsowy and Naomi Foyle. ISBN 978-1-906742-25-6
- Wounds of the Cloud by Yasser Khanger. Al Ma'mal Foundation, 2016. Translated by Naomi Foyle, Marilyn Hacker and Do'a Ali. ISBN 978-90-825649-1-4
References
- ^ Naomi Foyle's Poetry Wins Award!
- ^ Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough, Red Moon by Benjamin Percy, Angelfall by Susan Ee, Seoul Survivors by Naomi Foyle and Carpathia by Matt Forbeck
- ^ Naomi Foyle. Astra[dead link]
- ^ Foyle, Naomi (20 November 2021). "An Autastic Announcement!". Naomi Foyle. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
External links
- Naomi Foyle's website
- A Flight over the Black Sea (London, Waterloo Press), (Політ над Чорним морем), 2014 (poems by Ihor Pavlyuk in English. Translated from Ukrainian by Stephen Komarnyckyj, foreword to a book written recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature Mo Yan and Naomi Foyle, Steve Komarnyckyj, Dmytro Drozdovskyi),[1] ISBN 978-1-906742-70-6
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