Poetry at Sangam
Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.
Nancy Campbell is a Scottish writer, described by the former Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy as ‘a deft, dangerous and dazzling poet writing from the furthest reaches of both history and climate change’. In 2020 she received the prestigious Ness Award from the Royal Geographical Society for her literary response to the Arctic environment, including works of non-fiction (The Library of Ice), poetry (Disko Bay, shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection) and artist’s books (How to Say ‘I Love You’ in Greenlandic, winner of the Birgit Skiöld Award). In 2018 Nancy was appointed the UK’s Canal Laureate, a project managed by The Poetry Society and Canal & River Trust. Many of the poems written during her two-year laureateship were installed along the waterways where they could be seen projected on wharves at night, stencilled on towpaths, or engraved into fish gates; they are collected in the pamphlet Navigations. Nancy’s writing has been commissioned by arts and heritage organisations including The Royal Academy, The British Library, The National Poetry Library, World Book Night and most recently the Dutch chamber orchestra Ensemble VONK, and she contributes regularly to The Guardian and The Times Literary Supplement. See more of Nancy’s work www.nancycampbell.co.uk.
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