Peter Riley Biography

Peter Riley is a contemporary English poet, essayist, and editor who was born and brought up in Stockport, Manchester, UK. Riley is best known as a Cambridge poet, part of the group loosely associated with J. H. Prynne which today is recognized as an important center of innovative poetry in the United Kingdom.

Riley was an editor and major contributor to The English Intelligencer. Pater is also the author of ten books of poetry and several small-press booklets. He is also the current poetry editor of the Fortnightly Review and a recipient of the Cholmondeley Award in 2012 for “achievement and distinction in poetry”.

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Peter Riley Height

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Peter Riley Weight

Riley is a man of moderate weight. His actual weight is not available at the moment but we will update this post once we get the details. His hair color is grey and his eyes are dark brown.

Peter Riley Education

Riley got a chance to pursue his higher education through Britain’s post-war socialistic educational policies”. He studied English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and has since lived and worked in the UK and abroad in teaching at several levels and other occupations. A Cambridge resident since 1985, and ran a mail-order poetry book business for almost twenty years.

Peter Riley Family

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Peter Riley Wife

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Peter Riley Children

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Peter Riley Net Worth

Peter’s net worth is estimated to be between 1 and 5 million dollars. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as a poet. Through his various sources of income, David has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest life.

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Peter Riley Wiki

• Full Names: Peter Riley
• Popular As: Peter
• Gender: Male
• Occupation / Profession: Poet
• Nationality:  British
• Race / Ethnicity: Not Known
• Religion: Not Known
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Peter Riley Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 81 years  (2020)
• Zodiac Sign: Leo
• Date of Birth: 29 July 1940, in
• Place of Birth: Stockport, United Kingdom.
• Birthday: 29th July

Peter Riley Body Measurements

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• Height / How Tall?: Not Known
• Weight: Not Available
• Eye Color: Brown
• Hair Color: Grey
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Peter Riley Family and Relationship

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• Mother: Not Known
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
• Marital Status: Not Known
• Wife/Spouse or Husband/Girlfriend: Not Known
• Children:  Sons ( TBA) Daughter(s) (TBA)

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Peter Riley Poet

Throughout, his career, Peter has written studies of Jack Spicer, T. F. Powys, improvised music, poetry, lead mines, burial mounds, village carols, and Transylvanian string bands, and has published two books of translations from the French poet Lorand Gaspar.

He has also been an advocate for neglected British poets from the 1930s and 1940s, in particular Nicholas Moore (1918–1986), and he has edited several posthumous books of Moore’s.

Riley was the co-editor of the important poetry/poetics journal The English Intelligencer (1965–1968), and editor of the later Collection (1968–1970). From the 1980s to the 2000s he ran the imprint Poetical Histories, which focussed on brief (4-12pp) pamphlets published on fine paper.

Notable publications included J.H. Prynne’s Marzipan and his sole poem in Chinese, Jie ban mi Shi Hu; R. F. Langley’s Man Jack; and late work by the older poets Seán Rafferty and Dorian Cooke.

In the 1970s Riley was an important early promoter of and advocate for British free improvisation, and the noted guitarist Derek Bailey was a lifelong friend; two of Bailey’s late solo albums, Takes Fakes & Dead She Dances and Poetry and Playing, contain tracks of Bailey playing guitar while reading aloud from Riley’s poetry.

Peter Riley Books

• Love-Strife Machine (Ferry Press, 1969)
• The Linear Journal (Grosseteste Press, 1973)
• Lines on the Liver (Ferry Press, 1981)
• Tracks and Mineshafts (Grosseteste Press, 1983)
• Noon Province (Poetical Histories, Cambridge, 1989)
• Distant Points: Excavations Part One, Books One and Two (Reality Street Editions, 1995)
• Snow has Settled … Bury Me Here (Shearsman Books, 1997)
• Passing Measures, Selected poems 1966–1996 (Carcanet, 2000)
• Messenger Street (Poetical Histories, 2001) note: this is a pamphlet containing four elegies for the poet Douglas Oliver
• The Dance at Mociu (Shearsman, 2003)
• Alstonefield: a poem (Carcanet, 2003)
• The Day’s Final Balance: uncollected writings 1965–2006 (Shearsman, 2007)
• The Llyn Writings (Shearsman, 2007)
• Greek Passages (Shearsman, 2009)
• The Derbyshire Poems (Shearsman, 2010) note: this is a one-volume reissue of Tracks and Mineshafts and Lines on the Liver with additional material
• The Glacial Stairway (Carcanet, 2011)
• XIV PIECES (Longbarrow Press, 2012)
• The Ascent of Kinder Scout (Longbarrow Press, 2014)
• Due North (Shearsman, 2015)
• The Fortnightly Reviews: Poetry Notes 2012-2014 (Odd Volumes, 2015)
• Collected Poems, Vols I & II (Shearsman, 2018)
• Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls (Longbarrow Press, 2019)

Frequently Asked Questions About Peter Riley

Who is Peter Riley?

Peter Riley is a contemporary English poet, essayist, and editor who was born and brought up in Stockport, Manchester, UK. Riley is best known as a Cambridge poet, part of the group loosely associated with J. H. Prynne which today is recognized as an important center of innovative poetry in the United Kingdom.

How old is Peter Riley?

Peter is 81 years as of 2021. He was born on 29 July 1940, in Stockport, United Kingdom. 

How tall is Peter Riley?

Peter stands at an average height. He appears to be quite tall in stature if his photos relative to his surroundings are anything to go by. His weight will be listed once we get the details from a credible source.

Is Peter Riley married?

Peter has not gone public with his relationship status. It is not publicly known whether he is married, engaged, in a relationship. His partner’s information will be updated as soon as the information is available.

How much is Peter Riley worth?