Martha Kapos

Martha Kapos was born in America, read Classics at Harvard and then came to London to study Painting and Art History at the Chelsea School of Art. She taught there until 2001, lecturing and writing on art and poetry. Her first poetry publication was a pamphlet from the Many Press in 1989. She won a show more Hawthornden Fellowship in 1994 and in 2000 was shortlisted for Poetry Review's Geoffrey Dearmer 'New Poet of the Year' award. In 2001 she became assistant poetry editor of Poetry London show less