15 Facts About Caroline Bird

Caroline Bird was born on 1986 and is a British poet, playwright, and author.

Caroline Bird studied English literature at Oxford University and was president of the Oxford Poetry Society.

Caroline Bird's first collection, Looking Through Letterboxes, is a collection of poems built on the traditions of fairy tales, fantasy and romance.

Caroline Bird's commissioned short story "Sucking Eggs", was broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and she has read poetry on the station multiple times.

Caroline Bird was part of the Bush Theatre's 2011 project Sixty-Six Books, for which she wrote a piece based on a book of the King James Bible.

Caroline Bird was awarded the Forward Prize for Best Collection in 2020 for The Air Year.

Caroline Bird was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award for Poetry and the Polari Prize in 2022.

Caroline Bird was shortlist for the T S Eliot Prize and the Ted Hughes Award in 2017 for In these Days of Prohibition.

Caroline Bird was third prize winner of the Poetry London Competition in 2007, the Peterloo Poetry Competition for three years running, an Eric Gregory Award in 2002 and the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award in 1999 and 2000.

Caroline Bird was shortlisted for the Geoffrey Dearmer Award in 2001.

Caroline Bird was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2008, and was the youngest writer on the list at 21.

Caroline Bird was shortlisted again for the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2010.

Caroline Bird was named a "Young Champion" in 2010 at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

Caroline Bird was on the shortlist for the Shell Women Of The Future Awards in 2011.

Caroline Bird was one of the five official poets for the London 2012 Olympics.