# Paul Batchelor

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| birth_place   = [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland), [England](/source/England)
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| alma_mater    = [University of East Anglia](/source/University_of_East_Anglia)<br />[Newcastle University](/source/Newcastle_University)
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'''Paul Batchelor''' (born 1977) is a British poet.

He was educated at the [University of East Anglia](/source/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](/source/University_of_East_Anglia)}}</ref> and completed his PhD at [Newcastle University](/source/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](/source/Newcastle_University)|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref> In 2003 he received an [Eric Gregory Award](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Eric_Gregory_Award)

==References==
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