Flora de Falbe
“My course is set for an uncharted sea.” – Dante Alighieri
Biography
Flora de Falbe graduated from Cambridge in 2017 and subsequently studied for a master’s in creative writing while working as a bookseller. She was a Foyle Young Poet in 2011 and 2012 and the Ledbury Festival Young Poet in Residence in 2016. Her play ‘The Beck’ was performed in Cambridge in 2016, and her poetry has been published by Magma, Ambit and The Emma Press.
The Foyle Young Poets’ Recording took place on 23rd October 2018 at the Soundhouse Studio, Acton, West London.
Poems by Flora de Falbe
Awards
2017
Cambridge English Faculty’s Quiller-Couch Prize: winner - Blessed is my Grandad
2016
Cambridge English Faculty’s T.R. Henn Memorial Prize: winner - The Beck (play)
2015
Poetry Book Society student poetry competition - ‘What she said to the old man’
2012
Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award - ‘Five Things About the Lake’
2011
Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award - ‘4pt suicide note’