David Harsent has published eleven volumes of poetry. Legion won the Forward Prize in 2005 for best collection; Night (Faber & Faber, 2011) won the Griffin International Poetry Prize. His most recent collection, Fire Songs (Faber & Faber), won the 2014 T. S. Eliot Prize. Harsent has collaborated with composers on commissions that have been performed at the Royal Opera House, the Salzburg Festival, and Carnegie Hall.