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Sam Riviere

Sam Riviere

English poet and publisher

Sam Riviere (born 1981) is an English poet and publisher.[1][2]

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Education and career

Riviere was educated at Norwich School of Art and Design and completed a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 2013.[3] While at art school, Riviere played drums in indie band Le Tetsuo.[4]

He won an Eric Gregory Award in 2009,[5] and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2012 for 81 Austerities.[6]

Since 2015 he has run the independent press If a Leaf Falls Press in Edinburgh,[7] which "publishes limited-edition pamphlets, typically of appropriated or procedural writing".[8]

In 2021, Riviere published his first novel, Dead Souls, to critical acclaim from NPR, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.[9][10][11][12]

Awards

Bibliography

Poetry

  • Faber New Poets 7 (Faber & Faber, 2010)
  • 81 Austerities (Faber & Faber, 2012)
  • Standard Twin Fantasy (Egg Box Publishing, 2014)
  • Kim Kardashian's Marriage (Faber & Faber, 2015)
  • Cont. (If a Leaf Falls Press, 2015)
  • The Truth About Cats & Dogs with Joe Dunthorne (Visual Editions, 2016)
  • Preferences (If a Leaf Falls Press, 2016)
  • True Colours (After Hours, 2016)
  • Safe Mode (Test Centre, 2017)
  • Darken PDF (Spam Press, 2018)
  • Old Poem (A6 Books, 2019)
  • Pink Dogs (AFV Press, 2020)
  • After Fame (Faber & Faber, 2020)

Fiction

  • Dead Souls (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2021)

References

  1. [1]
    "Sam Riviere". Poetry International Rotterdam. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. [2]
    "If a Leaf Falls Press : Sam Riviere". samriviere.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Creative Writing alumni P-R and published works". University of East Anglia.
  4. [4]
    Lester, Paul (11 November 2009). "New band of the day – No 667: Le Tetsuo". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Sam Riviere". Faber and Faber. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  6. [6]
    Flood, Alison (1 October 2012). "Jorie Graham takes 2012 Forward prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  7. [7]
    "If a Leaf Falls Press : Sam Riviere". samriviere.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  8. [8]
    "If A Leaf Falls Press". www.swimmersclub.co.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  9. [9]
    Meyer, Lily (18 May 2021). "'Dead Souls' Is A Smart Book, In Some Ways A Good One — Also, It's Unreadable". NPR. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  10. [10]
    Litt, Toby (19 May 2021). "Dead Souls by Sam Riviere review – a brilliantly entertaining debut". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  11. [11]
    Illingworth, Dustin (18 May 2021). "You Say Plagiarism. I Say Provocation". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  12. [12]
    Charles, Ron (17 May 2021). "Review | 'Dead Souls' is a witty, sharp, cruel critique of literary culture. But it's not for everyone". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 November 2023.


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