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Kei Miller (born 24 October 1978) is an award-winning Jamaican poet, fiction writer, essayist and blogger. == Biography == Miller was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. He read English at the University of the West Indies, but dropped out short of graduation.〔Daviot Kelly, ("A Servant Of His Pen: Dr Kei Miller - From UWI Dropout To Rex Nettleford Fellowship Awardee" ), ''The Gleaner'', 17 July 2013.〕 However, while studying there, he befriended Mervyn Morris, who encouraged his writing.〔(Mervyn Morris biography ), Norwich Fringe Festival.〕 Afterward, Miller began publishing widely throughout the Caribbean. In 2004, he left for England to study for an MA in Creative Writing (The Novel) at Manchester Metropolitan University under the tutelage of poet and scholar Michael Schmidt.〔Claire Armitstead, ("Kei Miller: ‘My productivity is linked to what could be called a disability’" ), ''The Guardian'', 28 September 2014.〕 Miller later completed a PhD in English Literature at the University of Glasgow. In 2006, his first book of poetry was released, ''Kingdom of Empty Bellies''〔Zoe Brigley, ("Kingdom of Empty Bellies by Kei Miller" (review) ), Ready Steady Book, 13 April 2007.〕 (Heaventree Press). It was shortly followed by a collection of short stories, ''The Fear of Stones'',〔("Fear Of Stones And Other Stories" ) at Goodreads.〕 which partly explores issues of Jamaican homophobia. The collection was shortlisted in 2007 for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the category of Best First Book (Canada or Caribbean).〔(Shortlist 2007. )〕 His second collection of poetry, ''There Is an Anger That Moves'',〔Sonia Hendy-Isaac, ("Review: Kei Miller – There is an Anger That Moves" ), ''Iota'' 83 & 84, Spring 2009.〕 was published in 2007 by Carcanet Press.〔(Carcanet Press - Kei Miller )〕 He is also the editor of Carcanet's 2007 ''New Caribbean Poetry: An Anthology''.〔(''New Caribbean Poetry'' page ) at Carcanet.〕 His first novel, ''The Same Earth'',〔Kevin Le Gendre, ("The Same Earth, By Kei Miller – The strange case of the missing polka-dot panties" (review) ), ''The Independent on Sunday'', 18 May 2008.〕 was published in 2008, followed in 2010 by ''The Last Warner Woman''.〔Adele S. Newson-Horst, ("The Last Warner Woman by Kei Miller" (review) ), ''World Literature Today'', May 2012.〕 That same year saw the publication of his poetry collection ''A Light Song of Light''. In 2013 his ''Writing Down the Vision: Essays & Prophecies'' was published,〔("Writing Down the Vision: Essays & Prophecies" ) at Goodreads.〕 and in 2014 a collection of poems for which he was awarded the Forward Prize, ''The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion''.〔Caroline Davies, ("Kei Miller wins Forward poetry prize" ), ''The Guardian'', 30 September 2014.〕〔Jacob Stolworthy, ("Jamaican poet Kei Miller wins £10,000 Forward Prize" ), 30 September 2014.〕 Hilary Mantel chose ''The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion'' as one of her favourite books of 2014.〔("Books of the Year: NS friends and contributors choose their favourite reading of 2014" ), ''New Statesman'', 19 November 2014.〕 In 2014, Miller was named as one of the 20 "Next Generation Poets", a list compiled every ten years by the Poetry Book Society.〔("Next Generation Poets 2014" ), Poetry Book Society.〕 He was an International Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa, and has also been a visiting writer at York University in Canada, at the Department of Library Services in the British Virgin Islands and a Vera Rubin Fellow at Yaddo.〔("Writers: Kei Miller" ), British Council – Literature.〕〔(Kei Miller, University of Glasgow School of Critical Studies )〕 He currently divides his time between Jamaica and the United Kingdom. Until 2014, he was Reader at the University of Glasgow. He currently teaches Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.〔("Profile: Dr Kei Miller" ), Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kei Miller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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