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Heritage Aesthetics

by Anthony Anaxagorou

RSL Ondaatje Prize · 2023 · WinnerRSL Ondaatje Prize · 2022 · ShortlistRSL Ondaatje Prize · 2021 · Shortlist
GrantapoetryISBN 9781913606893

Award History

AwardYearStatus
RSL Ondaatje Prize2023Winner
RSL Ondaatje Prize2022Shortlist
RSL Ondaatje Prize2021Shortlist

About This Book

Anthony Anaxagorou's sixth poetry collection is an expansive, formally assured exploration of heritage, language, and Black British life, moving between the personal and the political with precision and lyrical control. The collection won the RSL Ondaatje Prize in 2023.

About the Author

Anthony Anaxagorou is a British-Cypriot poet, fiction writer, educator, and publisher born in 1983 in London. He is the founder of Poetry School and has taught poetry in schools, prisons, and community settings for over fifteen years. His collections include After the Formalities (2019) and Heritage Aesthetics (2023). Read more →

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