Phoebe Power

Phoebe Power (born 1993) is a British poet whose work, Shrines of Upper Austria, won the Forward Prize for Poetry for Best First Collection.

She later studied at the University of Cambridge where she led the Pembroke Poetry Society.

[2] Power was a recipient of the Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2012.

[2] Power's full length poetry collection, Shrines of Upper Austria, was published by Carcanet Press in 2018.

[4] The collection was inspired by the life of Power's Austrian grandmother, who married a British soldier and emigrated to England after World War II.