Ros Barber
Rosalind Barber[1] (born 1964) is an English novelist and poet.[2] She is also a university lecturer in English, who supports the view that Christopher Marlowe wrote Shakespeare.[3]
Dr Ros Barber | |
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Born | 1964 |
Occupation | Novelist, poet, academic |
Nationality | British |
Notable work | The Marlowe Papers |
Notable awards | Desmond Elliott Prize, Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, Hoffman Prize |
Website | |
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Academia
As of 2021, Barber lectures in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.[4] She has a BSc in Biology, an MA in creative writing, the arts and education, and a PhD in English literature, all from the University of Sussex. She also has an Open University BA in English literature and philosophy.[5]
Barber has worked as a computer programmer.[6] She won the Hoffman Prize in 2011, 2014 and 2018.[7][8][1]
Novels
Barber's first novel, The Marlowe Papers (2012), is written in blank verse. She subscribes to the Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorship.[9] In the book, Marlowe's death is a ruse and he writes plays in Shakespeare's name. The book won the Desmond Elliott Prize[10] and the Authors' Club First Novel Award.[11] Her second novel, Devotion (2015),[12] was shortlisted for the Encore Award.[13]
Barber made an appearance at the Brighton Fringe in 2012.[14][15] She and Nicola Haydn wrote a one-man stage adaptation of The Marlowe Papers performed in 2016.[16][17]
Poetry
Of Barber's three volumes of poetry, Material (2008) was a Poetry Book Society recommendation.[13] Its title poem, which also appears in the Faber anthology Poems of the Decade (2015), was in England's school sixth-form syllabus as of 2017.[18]
Bibliography
Novels
- The Marlowe Papers (2012)
- Devotion (2015)
Poetry
- How Things Are On Thursday (2004)
- Not the Usual Grasses Singing (2005)
- Material (2008)
Non-fiction
- 30 Second Shakespeare (2015)
References
- "The Calvin & Rose G Hoffman Prize winners". The King's School, Canterbury. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Forward Arts. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- Winkler, Elizabeth (May 2023). Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies. Simon & Schuster. p. 296. ISBN 9781982171261.
- Goldsmiths page. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- Goldsmiths College site. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- Masters, Tim (28 June 2013). "Author faced 'hostility' over book". BBC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- "THE MARLOWE PAPERS by Ros Barber | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- "Hoffman Prize Winners". The Marlowe Society. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Nicholl, Charles (25 January 2013). "Exiting the Stage". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
Dr. Barber is a "Marlovian" not only in the generic and beneficial sense of being an admirer of Marlowe, but in the more specific and, some will say, more tiresome sense of being a believer in the theory that Marlowe wrote the plays of Shakespeare.
- Masters, Tim (27 June 2013). "The Marlowe Papers wins Desmond Elliott Prize". BBC News. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- "Ros Barber – The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- Feay, Suzi (19 August 2015). "Devotion by Ros Barber review – the conflict between religion and science". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- McLoughlin, Nigel (2016). The Portable Poetry Workshop. Macmillan Publishers. pp. viii. ISBN 978-1-137-60596-2. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Author's page. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- Hall, Duncan (29 January 2016). "The Marlowe Papers, Otherplace At The Basement, Kensington Street, Brighton, until Saturday, January 29, call 01273 987516". The Argus (Brighton). Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- Barber, Ros (12 February 2016). "Further Developments with The Marlowe Papers". Ros Barber. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- "Amendment to GCE AS and A level English Literature, Prescribed texts – Poems of the Decade" (PDF). pearson.com. Pearson. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.