Harry Josephine Giles | |
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Born | 1986 (age 37–38)[1] Walthamstow, London[2] |
Thrift | Makar, scriever, performer |
Leid | Scots (Orcadian) |
Genres | threapin, LGBT issues, island cultur, minority leids[3] |
Years active | Syne 2008 |
Wabsteid | |
https://www.harryjosephine.com |
Harry Josephine Giles is an Orcadian makar weel-kent for their poesy an spoken-wird performances. Twa quairs o their wark, Tonguit (2015) an The Games (2018) wis leetit for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award.
Harry Josephine wis brocht up in Orkney an nou bides in Edinburgh.[4] They got a MA degree in Sustainable Development frae the Varsity o St Andras in 2009 an a MA in Theatre Directin in 2010 frae the East 15 Actin Schule.[5]
Harry Josephine wis gart kenspeckle efter winnin the 2009 BBC poesy slam[6] an haes naur aye been winnin or leetit for poesy awards syne.[7] Twa quairs o Harry Josephine's poesy, Tonguit (2015) an The Games wis leetit for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. Tonguit wis leetit for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection forbye[8]. In October 2010, Harry Josephine co-steidit Inky Fingers, a poesy an spoken-wird performance collective in Edinburgh, that is nou Edinburgh's auldest open-mic nicht still rinnin the day.[9]
In Mairch 2020, Harry Josephine wis ane o 100 makars an scrievers that undersubscrieved a open brief tae the Scottish Poesy Librar efter the librar wadna miscry Scots feminist makars that dung doun transgender fowk an their richts[10].
In 2021, Giles lowsed a verse novul cried Deep Wheel Orcadia.[11] It won the 2022 Arthur C. Clark prize.[12] It wis langleetit fur the Highland Book Prize as weel, but Giles teuk it oot in protest agin the aw-white langleet.[13]