Julian Stannard

Julian Stannard was born in Kent in 1962; yet his was a peripatetic childhood which took him to various countries in Europe and the Far East.

Reading Medieval Literature at the University of Exeter (1981-4) he later obtained a PhD in twentieth century poetry at the University of East Anglia under the supervision of Professor Vic Sage.

He taught American and English Literature at the University of Genoa, from  1987 to1993 and again from 2002 to 2005. The port city of Genoa  played a vital part in the fashioning of his poetic  and has resulted, inter alia, in the bilingual publication Sottoripa. He is a fluent speaker of Italian.

Although Julian’s poetry is one of place (or rather places) his writing is typically cross-cultural, allusive, playful and not infrequently absurd.

He has taught, thanks  to the Erasmus  project,  at the SWPS University of Warsaw and  Charles University (Prague), as  well as  at the University of Basel, and in 2021-2 he was the Visiting Professor of Poetry at the State University of Montana.

He has read at literary festivals in Aldeburgh, Winchester, Genoa, Cheltenham and key venues across the UK, Ireland, Europe and the USA.

He has been awarded Writing Fellowships at Hawthornden (Scotland) and Bogliasco (Italy).

Currently a Reader in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Winchester Julian ran the MA in Creative and Critical Writing  for several years and helped establish a vibrant programme of visiting writers and poets.

He has written for the Guardian, Spectator, Sunday Telegraph and Nuova Corrente. His poetry has appeared in many journals and magazines, such as the Times Literary Supplement, Poetry Review, Poetry London, Poetry, Manhattan Review, Poesia, Poetry Ireland Review, The Honest Ulsterman, Rialto, Magma, World Literature Today, Bad Lilies, Exacting Clam and The Dark Horse. Julian’s work has been nominated on several occasions for the Forward Prize (UK) and the Pushcart Prize (USA) and he has been awarded the Crabbe Memorial and the International Troubadour Prize for Poetry.

He has published short fiction, written several monographs and presented numerous papers at international conferences.

Julian has worked as a tutor at the Poetry School (London), taught with the Workers’ Educational Association, carried out voluntary teaching at the YMCA and has facilitated and led writing workshops in Britain and across Europe. He is available for readings, workshops and interdisciplinary projects. He can also be contacted, should you wish, for feedback on a manuscript.