Emma_Jones_(poet)

Emma Jones (poet)

Emma Jones (poet)

Australian poet

Emma Jones, or Emma Scully jones is an Australian poet. Her first poetry collection, The Striped World, was published by Faber & Faber in 2009.

Early life and education

Jones was raised in Concord, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. Her father is Australian; her British mother had emigrated to Australia.[1]

She studied at MLC School (in Burwood, Sydney), then worked and travelled abroad, returning to Australia to study English at the University of Sydney, where she graduated with the University Medal in 2001.[2]

Jones entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 2002, and received a PhD in English Literature from the University of Cambridge.[3]

Career

Jones was poet-in-residence at the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere, Cumbria from 2009 - 2010.[4]

Awards and nominations

References

  1. [1]
    Emma Jones in conversation with George Miller, Podularity.com.
  2. [2]
    Emma Jones at Austlit: The Australian Literature Resource
  3. [3]
    Author: Emma Jones at www.faber.co.uk, .
  4. [4]
    'Trust appoints poet in residence', BBC News, 3 May 2009


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