Edward Ragg

Quick Facts

Full Name	Edward Ragg
Occupation	Poet
Date Of Birth	Oct 11, 1976(1976-10-11)
Age	48
Birthplace	Stockton-on-Tees
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Edward Ragg Biography

Edward Ragg is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on October 11, 1976 in Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom.

Ragg was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England and grew up in the Stockton and Billingham area. He was educated locally before winning academic and music scholarships to Oundle School (1988-1995). In 1994 Ragg won a scholarship to Keble College, Oxford where he completed a BA in English Language & Literature (with First Class Honours). His tutors included the poet Bernard O’Donoghue, Nigel Smith and Malcolm Parkes.

In 1999 Ragg completed an MA in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University before being admitted to Selwyn College, Cambridge as a graduate scholar (1999-2005), completing an M.Phil. in American Literature and Ph.D. on the work of Wallace Stevens (1879-1955). This led to his major critical study Wallace Stevens and the Aesthetics of Abstraction (Cambridge University Press, 2010) which was awarded a Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title for 2011 and was praised by J. Hillis Miller for its ‘brilliant close reading of difficult poems’. His first published poem appeared in the Cambridge May Anthology (2001 ed. Michael Donaghy) and, since 2004, he has published in international journals, anthologies and in book form. His poems ‘Mutton Fat Jade’ and ‘Punctuation Points’ were both prize-winners, respectively, at the 2009 and 2014 Troubadour International Poetry Prizes.

Edward Ragg Net Worth

Edward Ragg is one of the richest Poet from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Edward Ragg 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Edward Ragg (born 11 October 1976) is an award-winning British poet, critic and writer on wine who, since 2007, has lived in Beijing, China. He was a Cinnamon Press Poetry Award winner (2012) and his first book of poetry was A Force That Takes (Cinnamon Press, 2013). In 2007 he co-founded Dragon Phoenix Wine Consulting with his wife, the wine expert, Fongyee Walker, Master of Wine (MW). In 2010 he was the first foreigner to become an Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (est. 1926) at Tsinghua University. In 2019 Ragg also became a Master of Wine (MW) as well as wine reviewer for Chinese wines for The Wine Advocate.

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In 2007 Ragg and his wife moved to Beijing, China and co-founded Dragon Phoenix Wine Consulting, an independent wine education and consultancy service. Around this time, Ragg’s poems in response to contemporary China began to be translated into Mandarin by leading contemporary Chinese poet Wang Ao, who has also translated the work of Seamus Heaney, W. H. Auden, Hart Crane and Wallace Stevens. In 2010 Ragg was appointed an Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (est. 1926), Tsinghua University, where he taught classes in literature and wine. He is also an Editorial Board Member of The Wallace Stevens Journal (est. 1977).. In 2017 he left Tsinghua University to focus on his writing and studies for the Master of Wine qualification. In 2019 Ragg became a Master of Wine.

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Elizabeth Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Edward Ragg celebrates birthday on October 11 of every year.

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