Anthony V. Capildeo

Anthony V. Capildeo

Anthony V. Capildeo FRSL is Professor and Writer in Residence at the University of York. Their site-specific word and visual arts includes responses to Cornwall’s former capital, Launceston, as the Causley Trust Poet in Residence (2022) and to the Ubatuba granite of the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds (2023), as well as to Scottish, Irish, and Caribbean built and natural environments. Recent publications include Like a Tree, Walking (Carcanet, 2021) (Poetry Book Society Choice) and A Happiness (Intergraphia, 2022). Polkadot Wounds (Carcanet, forthcoming 2024) looks at bodies, queerness, travel, and environments, with the title poem inspired by the martyr St Cuthbert Mayne. Their interests include collaborative work, and traditional masquerade. Capildeo served as a judge for the Jhalak Prize (2023).