{{short description|British poet (born 1978)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox writer | name = Eleanor Rees | image = Eleanor Rees.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Eleanor Rees | pseudonym = | birth_date = 1978 | birth_place = Birkenhead, England | occupation = Poet | language = English | nationality = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = University of Sheffield<br>University of East Anglia<br>University of Exeter | genre = | notableworks = | influences = | awards = Eric Gregory Award (2002) | signature = | signature_alt = | website = [http://www.eleanorrees.info/ www.eleanorrees.info] | portaldisp = }}
'''Eleanor K. Rees''' (born 1978) is a British poet.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stepping Out - Eleanor Rees enjoys the engagement with specific, sensual experience in the responses to this month's workshop|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/nov/27/poetry|website=The Guardian|date=27 November 2007 |access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref>
She graduated with a BA in English Literature from the University of Sheffield in 2001, and an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia in 2002.<ref name="UEA P-R">{{cite web|title=Creative Writing alumni P-R and published works|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/literature/creative-writing/alumni/alumni-p-r|website=University of East Anglia}}</ref> She has a PhD from the University of Exeter. She has published six collections of poetry. She received an Eric Gregory Award in 2002 for her pamphlet collection of poetry, ''Feeding Fire''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eleanor Rees's workshop|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/nov/05/poetry|website=The Guardian|date=5 November 2007 |access-date=16 November 2019}}</ref> ''Andraste's Hair'' was shortlisted for the Forward Prize Best First Collection and the Glen Dimplex New Writers Award for Poetry. Her third collection, ''Eliza and the Bear'' (from which the band take their name), was published in 2010. Her fourth collection is ''Blood Child'', followed by ''Riverine'', both published 2015. Her latest collection is ''The Well at Winter Solstice'', 2019.
==Awards== *2002 Eric Gregory Award
==Bibliography== * ''Feeding Fire'' (Spout, 2001) * ''Andraste's Hair'' (Salt, 2007) * ''Eliza and the Bear'' (Salt, 2010) * ''Blood Child'' (Pavilion Poets, 2015) * ''Riverine'' (Gatehouse, 2015) * ''The Well at Winter Solstice'' (Salt, 2019) * ''Tam Lin of the Winter Park'' (Guillemot, 2022)
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