Gillian Allnutt

Recognized as one of the most original and thought-provoking poets writing in the North-East of England, Gillian Allnutt has published ten collections of poetry to date. With a writing career spanning nearly four decades, the topics of her poems vary from family history to feminism to the bible, but invariably reflect an unyielding commitment to social justice. In 1988 she co-edited an anthology of contemporary British poetry. Over the years, her poems have been published in literary journals and notable poetry anthologies, such as Granta and the Best British Poetry series.
Gillian Allnutt is presented with the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, 21 February 2017.
Colour photograph of Gillian Allnutt in her later years, leaning over a table writing on a sheet of paper, and slightly smiling. She wears a grey shirt and her long white hair hangs in a single plait.

Milestones

15 January 1949
GA was born in London. She is the eldest of three sisters.
Allnutt, Gillian. Email to Orlando about writing career.
12 November 1979
GA 's poems The Talking Princess and Images of Revenge appeared in an anthology of British feminist poetry, edited by Lilian Mohin and entitled One Foot on the Mountain
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop.
Allnutt, Gillian. One Foot on the Mountain, edited by Lilian Mohin, Onlywomen Press Ltd., 1979, pp. 88 -9.
prelims
10 March 2007
GA 's latest collection of poetry, How the Bicycle Shone, was comprised of work from previous volumes together with a series of new poems entitled Wolf Light.
Allnutt, Gillian. How The Bicycle Shone. Bloodaxe Books Ltd.
prelims
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop.

Biography

Birth, Family, Background

15 January 1949
GA was born in London. She is the eldest of three sisters.
Allnutt, Gillian. Email to Orlando about writing career.

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