Julia Darling
Julia Darling was a poet, playwright and fiction writer. In March 2003 she became the second winner of the the UK's biggest literary prize, the £60,000 Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award. Fiona Ellis, the Foundation's Director, paid tribute after Julia's death: "We were incredibly proud when Julia became the second holder of our Award. She was a wonderful writer and a quite extraordinary ambassador for writing." She was Royal Literary Fund Project Fellow at Newcastle University, where for...See more
Julia Darling was a poet, playwright and fiction writer. In March 2003 she became the second winner of the the UK's biggest literary prize, the £60,000 Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award. Fiona Ellis, the Foundation's Director, paid tribute after Julia's death: "We were incredibly proud when Julia became the second holder of our Award. She was a wonderful writer and a quite extraordinary ambassador for writing." She was Royal Literary Fund Project Fellow at Newcastle University, where for two years she was also doing a poetry MA, which she obtained with a distinction in 2002. She was also writer-in-residence for Live Theatre, Newcastle in 2002. Plays include Attachments ; Cold Calling ; Doughnuts like Fanny's ; Eating the Elephant ; Head of Steam ; The Last Post and Posties ; Manifesto for a New City ; NE1 ; Personal Belongings ; and Venetia Love Goes Netting . Darling died in 2005, after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 50 years old. See less
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