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**Hannah Sullivan** (born 3 January 1979) is a British academic and poet. She is the author of *The Work of Revision* ([Harvard University Press](/source/Harvard_University_Press), 2013), which won the [Rose Mary Crawshay Prize](/source/Rose_Mary_Crawshay_Prize) and the University English Book Prize, as well as the poetry collection *[Three Poems](/source/Three_Poems)* ([Faber](/source/Faber_and_Faber), 2018), which won the [T. S. Eliot Prize](/source/T._S._Eliot_Prize). She is associate professor of [English literature](/source/English_literature) at New College, Oxford.[4]

## Biography

Sullivan attended [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College,_Cambridge), earning a double starred first in [Classics](/source/Classics) in 2000. She spent a year at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) as a [Kennedy Scholar](/source/Kennedy_Scholarship), studying [comparative literature](/source/Comparative_literature), and subsequently obtained a [Master of Research](/source/Master_of_Research) (M.Res) in [cultural studies](/source/Cultural_studies) at the [London Consortium](/source/London_Consortium). She returned to [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) to work on a PhD in [English](/source/English_literature) and [American literature](/source/American_literature), which she received in 2008.[5][6] She spent four years as an assistant professor of [English literature](/source/English_literature) at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) before returning to England.[5]

In 2013, Sullivan published *The Work of Revision*, an academic study of how revision and rewriting influenced the style of [literary modernism](/source/Literary_modernism), for which she received the 2014 [Rose Mary Crawshay Prize](/source/Rose_Mary_Crawshay_Prize) and the 2014 University English Book Prize.[7] On the basis of her first book, she was awarded a [Philip Leverhulme Prize](/source/Philip_Leverhulme_Prize) to write a second book on [free verse](/source/Free_verse).[6]

In 2018, she published her first poetry collection, *[Three Poems](/source/Three_Poems)* ([Faber](/source/Faber_and_Faber)),[8] which won the prestigious [T. S. Eliot Prize](/source/T._S._Eliot_Prize) for the best new poetry collection published in [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain) or [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland).[9]

Sullivan has been an associate professor of [English](/source/English_literature) at [New College, Oxford](/source/New_College,_Oxford) since 2012.[5] She lives in London with her husband and two children.[10]

## Selected publications

- *The Work of Revision*. [Harvard University Press](/source/Harvard_University_Press). 2013. ISBN 978-0-674-07312-8.
- *Three Poems*. [Faber and Faber](/source/Faber_and_Faber). 2018. ISBN 978-0-571-33767-5.
- *Was It for This*. [Faber and Faber](/source/Faber_and_Faber). 2023. ISBN 978-0-571-36227-1.

## Awards and recognition

- [T. S. Eliot Prize](/source/T._S._Eliot_Prize) (2018)[5]
- [John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize](/source/John_Pollard_Foundation_International_Poetry_Prize) (2018)[11]
- [Rose Mary Crawshay Prize](/source/Rose_Mary_Crawshay_Prize) (2014)[6]
- [Philip Leverhulme Prize](/source/Philip_Leverhulme_Prize) (2013)[12]

## References

1. ["Sullivan, Hannah, 1979"](https://viaf.org/viaf/292640194). *VIAF*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190424122547/https://viaf.org/viaf/292640194/) 2019-04-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-04-24.

1. ["*Was It for This*"](https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571362271-was-it-for-this/). *Faber & Faber*. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

1. ['**The Work of Revision'**](https://books.google.com/books?id=PzvYMgEACAAJ). Harvard University Press. January 2013. ISBN 978-0-674-07312-8. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

1. ["Hannah Sullivan, Tutor in English"](https://www.new.ox.ac.uk/hannah-sullivan). *New College*. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

1. Cain, Sian (14 January 2019). ["'A star is born': TS Eliot prize goes to Hannah Sullivan's debut"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/14/a-star-is-born-ts-eliot-prize-goes-to-hannah-sullivans-debut). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

1. ["Dr. Hannah Sullivan"](https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-hannah-sullivan#tab-417741). *University of Oxford*. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

1. ["University English Book Prize"](http://www.universityenglish.ac.uk/book-prize/). *University English*. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

1. Kellaway, Kate (20 March 2018). ["Three Poems by Hannah Sullivan—Review"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/20/three-poems-by-hannah-sullivan-review). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

1. ["Poetry Book Society"](https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/blogs/news/t-s-eliot-prize-shortlist). *Poetry Book Society*. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

1. ["Author Page"](https://www.faber.co.uk/author/hannah-sullivan/). *Faber & Faber*. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

1. ["Hannah Sullivan wins inaugural John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize"](https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/hannah-sullivan-wins-inaugural-john-pollard-foundation-international-poetry-prize-1.3862488). *Irish Times*. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

1. Maddocks, Eleanor (7 November 2013). ["Oxford researchers awarded prestigious prize"](https://cherwell.org/2013/11/07/oxford-researchers-awarded-prestigious-prize/). *Cherwell.org*. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

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