caption website birth_place awards birth_date language article_title name occupation alma_mater
eleanor rees -lsb- http://www.eleanorrees.info/ www.eleanorrees.info -rsb- birkenhead , england eric gregory award -lrb- 2002 -rrb- 1978 english eleanor rees
 eleanor rees poet university exeter of sheffield university of east anglia university of
eleanor rees

eleanor k. rees -lrb- born 1978 -rrb- is a british poet .
she graduated with a ba in english literature from the university of sheffield in 2001 , and a ma in creative writing from the university of east anglia in 2002 .
she has a phd from the university of exeter .
she has published three collections of poetry .
she received an eric gregory award in 2002 .
`` andraste 's hair '' was shortlisted for the forward prize best first collection and the glen dimplex new writers award for poetry .
her second collection is eliza and the bear from which the band take their name .
her third collection is ` blood child ' , pavilion poets/liverpool university press , 2015 .
