Prof John Burnside

Prof John Burnside's Biography

Forename(s)
John
Sex
Male
Date of Birth
19/3/1955 Dunfermline
Foretitle(s)
Prof
Surname
BURNSIDE
Style
Prof John Burnside

Prof John Burnside's Professional Career

Career
writer; prof of creative writing Univ of St Andrews

Prof John Burnside's Publications

Books and Publications
Poetry The Hoop (1988, Scottish Arts Cncl Book Award 1988), Common Knowledge (1991, Scottish Arts Cncl Book Award 1991), Feast Days (1992, Geoffrey Faber Meml Prize 1994), The Myth of the Twin (1995), Swimming in the Flood (1995), A Normal Skin (1997), The Asylum Dance (2000, Whitbread Book Award Poetry Award 2000), The Light Trap (2002), The Good Neighbour (2005), Selected Poems (2006), Gift Songs (2007), The Hunt in the Forest (2009), Black Cat Bone (2011, Petrarca-Preis 2011, Forward Prize 2011, T S Eliot Prize 2011); Fiction The Dumb House (1997), The Mercy Boys (1999, Encore Award 1999), Burning Elvis (2000), The Locust Room (2001), Living Nowhere (2003), The Devil's Footprints (2007), Glister (2008), A Summer of Drowning (2011); Biography A Lie About My Father (2006, Prix Zepter, Saltire Soc Scottish Book of the Year Award 2006, Corine Literature Prize 2011), Waking up in Toytown (2010)

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