{{short description|British poet|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox writer | name = Paul Batchelor | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1977}} | birth_place = Northumberland, England | occupation = Poet | language = English | nationality = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = University of East Anglia<br />Newcastle University | genre = | notableworks = | influences = | awards = Eric Gregory Award (2003) | signature = | signature_alt = | website = [http://paulbatchelor.co.uk paulbatchelor.co.uk] | portaldisp = }}
'''Paul Batchelor''' (born 1977) is a British poet.
He was educated at the University of East Anglia (MA Creative Writing, 2000),<ref name="UEA A-C">{{cite web|title=Creative Writing alumni A-C and published works|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/literature/creative-writing/alumni/alumni-a-c|website=University of East Anglia}}</ref> and completed his PhD at Newcastle University.<ref>{{cite web|title=Double award success for alumnus Paul Batchelor|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ncla/news/item/double-award-success-for-alumnus-paul-batchelor|website=Newcastle University|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref> In 2003 he received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Batchelor|url=http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=Paul+Batchelor|website=Bloodaxe Books|access-date=18 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022205232/http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=Paul+Batchelor|archive-date=22 October 2014}}</ref>
His publications include 'The Sinking Road' (Bloodaxe Books, 2008), 'The Love Darg' (Clutag, 2014), and 'The Acts of Oblivion' (Carcanet, 2021).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Paul-Batchelor/The-Acts-of-Oblivion/26532233 |title=The Acts of Oblivion |date=2021-12-16 |isbn=978-1-80017-200-5 |language=en-gb|last1=Batchelor |first1=Paul |publisher=Carcanet Poetry }}</ref> Batchelor lectures at Durham University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/paul-batchelor|title = Paul Batchelor|date = 24 September 2021}}</ref>
==Awards== *2003 Eric Gregory Award
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