Sam Willetts

Sam Willetts (born 1962) is an English poet.[1][2] He was born and raised in Oxford. His father Harry Willetts was a noted scholar and translator of Russian at St. Antony's College, Oxford. Sam studied English at Wadham College. He has struggled with drug addiction and homelessness.[3] His first book of poems New Light for the Old Dark (2010) was nominated for the Forward Prize, the Costa Prize and the TS Eliot Prize.

References

  1. ↑ Profile 1
  2. ↑ Profile 2
  3. ↑ Oxford Times


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