# Tiffany Atkinson

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**Tiffany Atkinson** (born 1972) is a British academic and award-winning poet. In 1993, she moved to Wales, where after completing her studies in [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff_University), she became a lecturer in English and Creative Writing at [Aberystwyth University](/source/Aberystwyth_University).[1][2] In 2014, she was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the [University of East Anglia](/source/University_of_East_Anglia).[3] She was the recipient of the [Roland Mathias Poetry Award](/source/Wales_Book_of_the_Year#Roland_Mathias_Poetry_Award).

## Biography

Born in [West Berlin](/source/West_Berlin), Germany, to an army family, Atkinson was brought up in Germany and Britain. After graduating in English at [Birmingham University](/source/Birmingham_University) in 1993, she moved to Wales, where she gained a [PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in critical theory from Cardiff University.[4] Atkinson then conducted workshops and academic seminars in eastern Europe for the [British Council](/source/British_Council). In both 1993 and 1994, she won the BBC Radio's Young Poet of the Year contest.[2] She became Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University, while undertaking research into theories of the body and the history of anatomy, contemporary literature and poetry.[5] She remained in [Aberystwyth](/source/Aberystwyth) until 2014, when she moved to the University of East Anglia as Professor of Creative Writing.[3]

## Poetry and writing

Atkinson has published three poetry collections: *Kink and Particle* (2006), *Catulla et al* (2011), and *So Many Moving Parts* (2014). *Kink and Particle* looks back on a thirty-year-old's memories of childhood and adolescence, and glimpses the future. The book gained positive reviews, won the Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and became a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.[3][6] *Catulla et al* is a modern rendering of the poetry of [Catullus](/source/Catullus). Writing in *The Guardian*, Patrict McGuinness welcomes the collection as being "in the finest tradition of creative adaptation: keeping the originals as ballast, but unafraid to sail off on their own tangents."[7] *So Many Moving Parts*, depicting the awkward relationship of body and spirit and their sometimes surprising practical effects, won the [Roland Mathias Poetry Award](/source/Roland_Mathias) in 2015.[8]

Furthermore, Atkinson has written prose works and edited a collection of essays entitled *The Body* (2003).[3][9]

## References

1. ["Tiffany Atkinson"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160430105451/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/12338/29/Tiffany-Atkinson). Poetry International Rotterdam. Archived from [the original](http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/12338/29/Tiffany-Atkinson) on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

1. ["Atkinson, Tiffany"](http://www.literaturewales.org/writers-of-wales/i/130143/desc/atkinson-tiffany/). Literature Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

1. ["Tiffany Atkinson joins UEA as a Professor of Creative Writing"](http://www.newwriting.net/2014/10/tiffany-atkinson-joins-uea-as-a-professor-of-creative-writing/). NewWriting. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

1. ["Interview: Tiffany Atkinson"](https://www.aber.ac.uk/devolvedvoices/?page_id=1032). Aberystwyth University: Devolved Voices. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

1. ["Dr Tiffany S. Atkinson"](https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/english/staff/vvn/). Aberystwyth University. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

1. ["Kink and Particle"](http://inpressbooks.co.uk/products/kink-and-particle). Inpress. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

1. McGuinness, Patrick (18 November 2011). ["Catulla et al by Tiffany Atkinson – review"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/18/catulla-tiffany-atkinson-poetry-review). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

1. ["Wales Book of the Year – success for Tiffany Atkinson and Jonathan Edwards"](http://poetrysociety.org.uk/news/wales-book-of-the-year-success-for-tiffany-atkinson-and-jonathan-edwards/). The Poetry Society. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

1. Atkinson, Tiffany (2005). [*The Body*](https://books.google.com/books?id=uPlfQgAACAAJ). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-76534-0.

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