About Theophilus Kwek

Born in Singapore, Theophilus Kwek has published four volumes of poetry - most recently The First Five Storms, which won the New Poets' Prize in 2016. He also won the Jane Martin Prize in 2015, and was co-winner of the Berfrois Poetry Prize in 2017. He has served as President of the Oxford University Poetry Society, and is currently Co-Editor of Oxford Poetry, as well as Chief Executive Assistant at Asymptote. He is pursuing a Master's in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies at Oxford University.