Sam Willetts (born 1962) is an English poet.[1][2] He was born and raised in Oxford. His father Harry Willetts was a noted scholar and translator of Russian at St. Antony's College, Oxford. Sam studied English at Wadham College. He has struggled with drug addiction and homelessness.[3] His first book of poems New Light for the Old Dark (2010) was nominated for the Forward Prize, the Costa Prize and the T. S. Eliot Prize.
References
edit- ^ "World of Sam Willetts, poet". The Daily Telegraph. 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023.
- ^ "Sam Willetts: A season in hell". The Guardian. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021.
- ^ Oxford Times
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