Oz Hardwick

Minor Figures in the Big Picture

Oz Hardwick is a European poet, photographer, dabbler in sound, and academic by accident, whose work has been widely published in international journals and anthologies. He has published ‘a dozen or so’ full collections and chapbooks, including Learning to Have Lost (IPSI/Recent Work, 2018) which won the 2019 Rubery International Book Award for poetry, and most recently Retrofuturism for the Dispossessed (Hedgehog, 2024). Other awards include the 2024 Charles Simic Poetry Prize and the 2024 Dolors Alberola International Poetry Prize. At time of writing, Oz is Professor of Creative Writing at Leeds Trinity University. www.ozhardwick.co.uk