Phoebe Power (born 1993) is a British poet whose work, Shrines of Upper Austria, won the Forward Prize for Poetry for Best First Collection.
Phoebe Power was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1993.[1] She was named a Foyle Young Poet of the Year in 2009. She later studied at the University of Cambridge where she led the Pembroke Poetry Society.[2] Power was a recipient of the Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2012.[2]
Power's full length poetry collection, Shrines of Upper Austria, was published by Carcanet Press in 2018. She was awarded the Forward Prize for Poetry for Best First Collection for the work.[1] The book was named one of four Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendations for 2018[3] and has been shortlisted for the 2018 T. S. Eliot Prize.[4] The collection was inspired by the life of Power's Austrian grandmother, who married a British soldier and emigrated to England after World War II.[5]
Power lives in York.[6]