Rosalind Barber[1] (born 1964) is an English novelist, poet and academic.[2]
Dr Ros Barber | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet, academic |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable work | The Marlowe Papers |
| Notable awards | Desmond Elliott Prize, Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, Hoffman Prize |
| Website | |
| rosbarber | |
Education
editShe has a BSc in Biology, an MA in creative writing, the arts and education, and a PhD in English literature, all from the University of Sussex. She also has an Open University BA in English literature and philosophy.[3]
Barber has worked as a computer programmer.[4]
Novels
editBarber's first novel, The Marlowe Papers (2012), is written in blank verse. She subscribes to the Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorship.[5][6] In the book, Marlowe's death is a ruse and he writes plays in Shakespeare's name. The book won the Desmond Elliott Prize[7] and the Authors' Club First Novel Award.[8] Her second novel, Devotion (2015),[9] was shortlisted for the Encore Award.[10]
Barber made an appearance at the Brighton Fringe in 2012.[11][12] She and Nicola Haydn wrote a one-man stage adaptation of The Marlowe Papers performed in 2016.[13][14]
Poetry
editOf Barber's three volumes of poetry, Material (2008) was a Poetry Book Society recommendation.[10] Its title poem, which also appears in the Faber anthology Poems of the Decade (2015), was in England's school sixth-form syllabus as of 2017.[15]
Academic position
editAs of 2021, Barber lectures in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.[16]
Awards
editShe won the Hoffman Prize in 2011, 2014 and 2018.[17][18][1]
| Year | Work | Award | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Marlowe Papers | Hoffman Prize | Won | [17] |
| 2013 | Authors' Club First Novel Award | Won | ||
| Desmond Elliott Prize | Won | |||
| Women's Prize for Fiction | Longlisted | [19] | ||
| 2014 | "Shortly he will forget to go" | Hoffman Prize | Won | [18] |
| 2015 | Devotion | Encore Award | Shortlisted | [10] |
| 2018 | "Big Data, Little Certainty" | Hoffman Prize | Won | [1] |
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- The Marlowe Papers (2012)
- Devotion (2015)
Poetry
edit- How Things Are on Thursday (2004)
- Not the Usual Grasses Singing (2005)
- Material (2008)
Non-fiction
edit- 30 Second Shakespeare (2015)
References
edit- ^ a b c "The Calvin & Rose G Hoffman Prize winners". The King's School, Canterbury. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Forward Arts. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ Goldsmiths College site. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Masters, Tim (28 June 2013). "Author faced 'hostility' over book". BBC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Winkler, Elizabeth (May 2023). Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies. Simon & Schuster. p. 296. ISBN 9781982171261.
- ^ Nicholl, Charles (25 January 2013). "Exiting the Stage". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
Dr. Barber is a "Marlovian" not only in the generic and beneficial sense of being an admirer of Marlowe, but in the more specific and, some will say, more tiresome sense of being a believer in the theory that Marlowe wrote the plays of Shakespeare.
- ^ Masters, Tim (27 June 2013). "The Marlowe Papers wins Desmond Elliott Prize". BBC News. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Ros Barber – The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Feay, Suzi (19 August 2015). "Devotion by Ros Barber review – the conflict between religion and science". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ a b c McLoughlin, Nigel (2016). The Portable Poetry Workshop. Macmillan Publishers. pp. viii. ISBN 978-1-137-60596-2. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Author's page. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Hall, Duncan (29 January 2016). "The Marlowe Papers, Otherplace At The Basement, Kensington Street, Brighton, until Saturday, January 29, call 01273 987516". The Argus (Brighton). Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ Barber, Ros (12 February 2016). "Further Developments with The Marlowe Papers". Ros Barber. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Amendment to GCE AS and A level English Literature, Prescribed texts – Poems of the Decade" (PDF). pearson.com. Pearson. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ Goldsmiths page. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ a b "THE MARLOWE PAPERS by Ros Barber | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Hoffman Prize Winners". The Marlowe Society. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 longlist announced | News | RGfE". readinggroups.org. Retrieved 26 June 2024.