Arji Manuelpillai is a poet, performer and creative facilitator. He was the 2019/20 Jerwood/Arvon Mentee. His poetry has been shortlisted for the Burning Eye pamphlet prize 2018, The Oxford Prize 2019, Wolves Poetry Prize 2020 and The Live Canon Prize 2020, he was runner-up in the Robert Graves Prize 2020. Arji’s debut pamphlet ‘Mutton Rolls’ was published with Out-Spoken Press.
Arji Manuelpillai
Original Series
A world full of ‘Johns’
Arjunan (Arji) Anthony Manuelpillai's response to his publisher's question about the name he uses for his poetry collection.
24th May 2021
Arji Manuelpillai
Arji Manuelpillai is a poet, performer and creative facilitator.