Romalyn Ante MKT
Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2021 Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2021 The Irish Times Best Poetry Books of the Year List 2020 The Poetry School Poetry Books of the Year List 2020 Observer Poetry Book of the Month 2020 National Poetry Day Great New Poetry Books List 2020 Winner of the Manchester Poetry Prize 2018 A 'tour-de-force.' Jhalak Prize shortlist ​ A poetry of rapturous images and riveting conscience. Tracy K. Smith ​ Poignant, beautiful, and meditative writing on movement — living in a foreign country, being away from one’s family, speaking a language not quite your own... This is possibly the most beautiful thing I have read this year. Maria Lewandowska, The Poetry School Poetry Books of the Year ​ By turns playful and tender, offering a formally-various exploration of migration, community, and nursing... there is honesty, musicality, a powerful heart. Seán Hewitt, The Irish Times Best Poetry Books of 2020 ​ Captivating, moving, witty, and agile... [Ante] is an unforced poet with a lightness of touch and fortitude, not neglecting to see her situation within a wider cultural and historical context... Each poem is a go-between: it is through poetry that worlds meet and converse... Ante proves an accomplished bridge builder.' Kate Kellaway, Observer Poetry Book of the Month ​ Ante’s poems are like embers, pared back to a slow-burning emotional core whose intensity she sustains elegantly throughout the collection. Stephanie Sy-Quia, Times Literary Supplement ​