Barraclough, Simon

Simon Barraclough was born in Huddersfield but has lived in London since 1996. He won the poetry section of the London Writers' Prize in 2000 and Los Alamos Mon Amour (Salt, 2008) was a finalist for Best First Collection in the Forward Poetry Prizes. Bonjour Tetris (Penned in the Margins), a 'mini-book' of commissions, followed in 2010. His work appears in Identity Parade (Bloodaxe 2010) and Poems for Love (Penguin 2009).