# Antony Dunn

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English poet and dramatist

Antony Dunn Born (1973-06-26) 26 June 1973 (age 53) London, England

**Antony Dunn** is an [English](/source/England) poet and dramatist. He was born in [London](/source/London) in 1973. He won the [Newdigate Prize](/source/Newdigate_Prize) for *Judith with the Head of Holofernes* in 1995[1] and received a [Society of Authors](/source/Society_of_Authors) [Eric Gregory Award](/source/Eric_Gregory_Award) in 2000. He has published four collections of poems, Pilots and Navigators (Oxford Poets 1998), Flying Fish (Carcanet OxfordPoets 2002),[2] Bugs (Carcanet OxfordPoets 2009) and Take This One to Bed (Valley Press 2016).

He edited and introduced Ex Libris, a posthumous collection of poems by David Hughes (Valley Press 2015).

Antony Dunn was Poet in Residence at the [University of York](/source/University_of_York) for 2006 and for the Ilkley Literature Festival in 2010.

His writing for [theatre](/source/Theatre) and [film](/source/Film) has included Goose Chase and Shepherds' Delight (both for [Riding Lights Theatre Company](/source/Riding_Lights_Theatre_Company)), Timewarp 2000 (Barbican, York) and a screen adaption of [Albert Camus](/source/Albert_Camus)' stageplay, Cross Purpose (First Man Productions). In 2006 he contributed lyrics to Mark Ravenhill's pantomime, *[Dick Whittington and His Cat](/source/Dick_Whittington_and_His_Cat)* (Barbican, London).

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.antonydunn.org)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*The Newdigate Prize*](https://web.archive.org/web/20170321222519/http://www.gnelson.demon.co.uk/oxpoetry/index/inewd.html), archived from [the original](http://www.gnelson.demon.co.uk/oxpoetry/index/inewd.html) on 21 March 2017, retrieved 20 January 2010

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** C Bennett (2004), "New Writing: Poetry", *English Studies*

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