- Art playing a part Knight, Stephen E. . 2019. Art playing a part. The Times Literary Supplement(6066), pp. 15-16. ISSN 0307-661X
- Long Before The End [poem] Knight, Stephen E. . 2018. Long Before The End [poem]. Poetry Wales, 54(1), ISSN 0332-2202
- In Which We Are Cast As Ourselves [Poem] Knight, Stephen E. . 2018. In Which We Are Cast As Ourselves [Poem]. Times Literary Supplement, ISSN 0307-661
- Where This Train Terminates [Poem] Knight, Stephen E. . 2017. Where This Train Terminates [Poem]. London Review of Books, 39(12), p. 40. ISSN 0260-9592
- As I Live and Breathe [Poem] Knight, Stephen E. . 2016. As I Live and Breathe [Poem]. Times Literary Supplement, ISSN 0307-661
- Are We There Yet? [poem] Knight, Stephen E. . 2016. Are We There Yet? [poem]. Times Literary Supplement, ISSN 0307-661
- Sh [poem] Knight, Stephen E. . 2015. Sh [poem]. Poetry Review, 105(2), ISSN 0032-2156
- A Portable Joye [poem] Knight, Stephen E. . 2015. A Portable Joye [poem]. Poetry London(81), ISSN 1479-2591
- Swimming for Beginners [poem] Knight, Stephen E. . 2015. Swimming for Beginners [poem]. Times Literary Supplement, ISSN 0307661
Stephen Knight
Staff details
Stephen has research interests in creative writing and is a published writer of poetry and fiction.
Stephen was born in Swansea, read English at Oxford, then studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School to become a freelance director. He has worked for over thirty-five years as a creative-writing tutor in schools, colleges, The City Lit, the University of South Wales and Goldsmiths. In 1987 he received an Eric Gregory Award and in 1992 won the National Poetry Competition. He is the author of five books of poetry – Flowering Limbs, a Poetry Book Society Choice, shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the T. S. Eliot Prize; Dream City Cinema, also shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize; The Prince of Wails; Drizzle Mizzle Downpour Deluge; and, for younger readers, Sardines and Other Poems – as well as two pamphlets written in a phonetic version of a Swansea accent: The Sandfields Baudelaire and A Swansea Love Song. His novel, Mr Schnitzel, won the Arts Council of Wales Book of the Year in 2001. He and has been a judge of several book awards including the T S Eliot Prize.
Academic qualifications
- BA English Language & Literature, Oxford 1981
Teaching and supervision
Research interests
Creative writing: poetry, fiction, life writing.
Featured publications
2020:
Drizzle Mizzle Downpour Deluge
book of poems
2017:
A Swansea Love Song
pamphlet of poems
2000:
Mr Schnitzel
novel
1996:
Dream City Cinema
book of poems
1993:
Flowering Limbs
book of poems
Publications and research outputs
Book
- Drizzle Mizzle Downpour Deluge Knight, Stephen E. . 2020. Drizzle Mizzle Downpour Deluge. London: CB editions. ISBN 9781909585317
- A Swansea Love Song Knight, Stephen E. . 2017. A Swansea Love Song. Sheffield: Smith/Doorstop Books. ISBN 9781910367773
- The Prince of Wails Knight, Stephen E. . 2012. The Prince of Wails. London: CB editions. ISBN 9780956735966
Book Section
- Port Talbot/The Heart of Saturday Night/At the Foot of Division Four/A Swansea Adolescence/In This Dream of Swansea Knight, Stephen E. . 2023. Port Talbot/The Heart of Saturday Night/At the Foot of Division Four/A Swansea Adolescence/In This Dream of Swansea. In: Mike Jenkins, ed. Yer Ower Voices!: Dialect Poems in Welsh and English from Cymru. Newcastle: Culture Matters, pp. 27-34. ISBN 9781912710546
- My Father's Father's News [Poem] Knight, Stephen E. . 2020. My Father's Father's News [Poem]. In: Paul Munden; Alvin Pang and Shane Strange, eds. No News: 90 Poets Reflect on a Unique BBC Newscast. Watson, ACT, Australia: Recent Work Press, pp. 27-34. ISBN 9780648685388
Article
- Memoirs of the Rhondda Knight, Stephen E. . 2023. Memoirs of the Rhondda. The Times Literary Supplement(6295), p. 25. ISSN 0307-661X
- All That You Can't Leave Behind Knight, Stephen E. . 2023. All That You Can't Leave Behind. Literary Review(519), p. 48. ISSN 0144-4360
- Home Truths Knight, Stephen E. . 2023. Home Truths. Literary Review(515), p. 49. ISSN 0144-4360
Other
- At the Replica Bus Stop [Poem] Knight, Stephen E. . 2022. At the Replica Bus Stop [Poem]. Literary Review, Issue 512, Page 54, London.
- A Powim [Poem] Knight, Stephen E. . 2020. A Powim [Poem]. Literary Review, Issue 491, Page 52, London.
- Ho Ho He He Ha Ha [Poem] Knight, Stephen E. . 2020. Ho Ho He He Ha Ha [Poem]. The North, Issue 63, Sheffield.