Richard Meier (poet)

Richard Meier
Born(1970-03-17)17 March 1970
Great Bookham, Surrey, England
Died17 December 2025(2025-12-17) (aged 55)
East Finchley, London, England
EducationChetham's School of Music
OccupationPoet

Richard Meier (17 March 1970 – 17 December 2025) was an English poet.[1] He won the 2010 Picador Poetry Prize.[2] He authored two poetry collections, and his poems also appeared in Oxford Poets 2002: An Anthology and in Granta.[3] Meier died from lung cancer in East Finchley, London, on 17 December 2025, at the age of 55.[1][4][5]

Selected works

  • Meier, Richard (2012). Misadventure. London, U.K.: Picador. ISBN 9781447208464.
  • Meier, Richard (2019). Search Party. London, U.K.: Picador. ISBN 9781509851980.

References

  1. 1 2 Marsh, Lynsey (March 27, 2026). "Richard Meier obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  2. ↑ Irvine, Lindesay (January 20, 2011). "Inaugural Picador poetry prize goes to Richard Meier". The Guardian. Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Richard Meier". Granta. Granta. Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Richard Meier". HapenStance. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Richard Meier". Online Tribute. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.