William Scammell

British poet

William Scammell (2 January 1939, in Southampton – 29 November 2000) was a British poet.

Life

He was born into a working-class family in the waterside village of Hythe on Southampton Water, but failed the eleven-plus exam. His brother is Michael Scammell.^[1]

He enrolled as a mature student at Bristol University. He taught at the Workers' Educational Association. He moved to the Lake District, with his artist wife, Jackie, and their two sons. In 1975, he moved to Cockermouth to teach at the Newcastle University.^[2] In 1991, he taught at Nottingham Trent University.

His work appeared in Granta,^[3] and Lives of the Poets,^[4]

Awards

1982 Cholmondeley Award

Work

Poetry

Yes And No. Peterloo. 1979. ISBN 978-0-905291-18-5.
A Second Life. Peterloo. 1982. ISBN 978-0-905291-38-3.
Jouissance. Peterloo. 1985. ISBN 978-0-905291-61-1.
Eldorado. Peterloo. 1987. ISBN 978-0-905291-88-8.
Bleeding Heart Yard. Peterloo Poets. 1992. ISBN 978-1-871471-28-1.
Stare At The Moon, Bleeding Heart Yard. 1992
The Game: Tennis Poems. Peterloo Poets. 1992. ISBN 978-1-871471-27-4.
Five Easy Pieces. Sinclair-Stevenson. 1993. ISBN 978-1-85619-315-3.
Barnacle Bill. Dedalus Press. 1994. ISBN 978-1-873790-66-3.
All Set To Fall Off The Edge Of The World Flambard Press 1998

Editor

Ted Hughes (1983). William Scammell (ed.). Winter Pollen. Picador USA. ISBN 978-0-312-13625-3. American edition Picador USA, 1995
The New Lake poets. Bloodaxe Books. 1991. ISBN 978-1-85224-146-9.
This Green Earth: A Celebration of Nature Poetry. Ellenbank. 1992. ISBN 978-1-873551-04-2.
Debjani Chatterjee, William Scammell, ed. (1991). Northern Poetry. Littlewood Press. ISBN 978-0-946407-50-7.

Essays

William Scammell (17 April 1994). "BOOK REVIEW / Could be much verse". The Independent.
Hank Lazer, ed. (1988). "From 'Living in the World'". Title On Louis Simpson: depths beyond happiness. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-06382-6.
"Words and Silences". Spectator. 281 (8882): 50–1. 31 October 1998.
"In pursuit of the unspeakable". The Spectator. 23 September 2000.

References

^ John Lucas (13 December 2000). "William Scammell: Poet of wit, craft and restless observation". The Guardian. London.
^ HUNTER DAVIES (16 November 1993). "INTERVIEW / He knows his words' worth: William Scammell has given up his day job to try to wring a livelihood from his verse. He'd be better off taking photos on the QE2". The Independent. London.
^ "William Scammell".
^ "Poetry Soc". 5 August 2021.

External links

HUNTER DAVIES (16 November 1993). "INTERVIEW / He knows his words' worth: William Scammell has given up his day job to try to wring a livelihood from his verse. He'd be better off taking photos on the QE2". The Independent. London.