Carol Rumens


Carol Rumens FRSL is a British poet.

Life

Carol Rumens was born in Forest Hill, South London. She won a scholarship to grammar school and later studied Philosophy at London University, but left before completing her degree. She gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Writing for the Stage from City College Manchester in 2002.
She taught at University of Kent at Canterbury, Queen's University Belfast, University College Cork, University of Stockholm, and University of Hull. As visiting Professor of Creative Writing, she has taught at the University of Wales, Bangor, and later at the University of Hull.
Rumens was Poetry Editor for the publisher Quarto and the Literary Review. Her work has appeared in The Guardian and Harper's. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984.

Awards

Poetry