Yvonne Green

Poet

London, LND
United Kingdom
London GB
Email: 
teaching@yvonnegreenpoet.com
Website: 
yvonnegreenpoet.com
Twitter/X: 
@poet_yvonne

Author's Bio

Yvonne Green is a poet descended from Boukharian Jews. Her pamphlet, Boukhara (2007), won The Poetry Business Book & Pamphlet Competition. She has published four full-length collections with Smith|Doorstop, including; The Assay, Honoured and Jam & Jerusalem. Her volume After Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin was a UK Poetry Book Society Translation Choice in 2011. Two new books of translations of the work of Semyon Lipkin were published in 2023.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Mapping Faith: Theologies of Migration and Community (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020)
,
Russia is Burning (Hachette Book Group, 2020)
,
The Penguin Book of Russian Poetry (Penguin Random House, 2015)
Books:
Jam & Jerusalem (Smith Doorstop, 2018)
,
Honoured (Smith Doorstop, 2015)
,
Selected Poems & Translations (Smith Doorstop, 2014)
,
After Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin (Smith Doorstop, 2011)
,
The Assay (Smith Doorstop, 2010)
Chapbook:
Boukhara (Smith Doorstop, 2007)
Journals:
Cimarron Review
,
London Magazine
,
Magma
,
Modern Poetry in Translation
,
PN Review
,
The Interpreter's House
,
The North
Prizes won: 

The 2007 Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Jewish
Fluent in: 
French
Born in: 
London, LND
United Kingdom
London
Raised in: 
London
United Kingdom
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Last update: Mar 20, 2024