John Whitworth (poet)
John Whitworth | |
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Born | Nashik, India | 11 December 1945
Died | 20 April 2019 Canterbury, Kent, England | (aged 73)
Occupation | Poet |
Language | English |
Education | James Gillespie's High School Royal High School, Edinburgh |
Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
Notable awards | |
Spouse | Doreen Roberts |
Children | Ellie and Katie |
John Whitworth (11 December 1945 - 20 April 2019)Merton College, Oxford. He went on to win numerous prizes and publish in many highly regarded venues. He published twelve books: ten collections of his own work, an anthology of which he was the editor, and a textbook on writing poetry.
Life
Whitworth was born in India in 1945. He graduated from
Merton College, Oxford. His work appeared in Poetry Review, The Times Literary Supplement,[2] London Magazine, The Spectator,[3] Quadrant, New Poetry,[4][5] The Flea,[6] Chimaera, HyperTexts, Light, Qualm, and Shit Creek Review. He taught a master class at University of Kent.[7] He was a judge for the 9th Poetry on the Lake Competition, 2009.[8]
He read at Lamar University.[9]
He read at the 9th annual Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival 2012.
He was married to Doreen Roberts, who taught at the University of Kent; they had two daughters, Ellie and Katie.[10]
Awards
- 1988 Cholmondeley Award
- 2004 The Silver Wyvern, Poetry on the Lake
- 2009 Eleanor Room Poetry Award Lamar University
- 2011 Literary Review £5000 Poetry Prize
Bibliography
Poetry
- Collections
- Whitworth, John (1980). Unhistorical fragments. London: Secker & Warburg.
- — (1982). Poor butterflies. London: Secker & Warburg.
- — (1985). Lovely day for a wedding. Secker & Warburg.
- — (1989). Tennis and sex and death. Peterloo.
- — (1993). Landscape with small humans. Peterloo.
- — (1998). From the sonnet history of modern poetry. Illustrated by Gerald Mangan. Peterloo.
- — (2002). The Whitworth gun. Peterloo.
- — (2007). Being the bad guy. Peterloo.
- — (2011). Girlie gangs. Enitharmon.
- — (2016). Joy in the morning. Kelsay.
- Anthologies
- Whitworth, John, ed. (1997). The Faber book of blue verse. Faber.
- —, ed. (2006). Making love to Marilyn Monroe : the Faber book of blue verse. Faber and Faber.
- List of poems
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
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Orriblerevelationsinighlife | 2016 | Whitworth, John (January–February 2016). "Orriblerevelationsinighlife". Quadrant. 60 (1–2): 142. | |
Twelve don'ts for the aged | 2016 | Whitworth, John (January–February 2016). "Twelve don'ts for the aged". Quadrant. 60 (1–2): 4. | |
Variation on a forgotten theme of James Fenton | 2016 | Whitworth, John (January–February 2016). "Variation on a forgotten theme of James Fenton". Quadrant. 60 (1–2): 111. |
Non-fiction
- Whitworth, John (1989). "Poetry into print". Writers' and Artists' Yearbook. A & C Black.
- — (2001). Writing poetry. A & C Black.
- — (2006). Writing poetry (Revised 2nd ed.). A & C Black.
References
- ^ "John Whitworth, lively and accessible poet – obituary". The Telegraph. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.(registration required)
- ^ Asthana, Anushka; Sherman, Jill. "The Times Literary Supplement". The Times. London.
- ^ "Spectator Magazine | World Politics & Current Events News and Discussion". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
- ^ New Poetry - Google Books. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ New Poetry - Google Books. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Broadsheet 10: Tuneable Tweak". The-flea.com. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "News Centre - University of Kent". Kent.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived June 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "John Whitworth: Poet, Poetry, Picture, Bio". Thehypertexts.com. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ [3] Archived October 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- About John Whitworth at Poetry Archive
- "Poems by John Whitworth". The Flea.
- "Poems by John Whitworth". The Flea.
- "Introduction and Interview". Chimaera. September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
- Sam Gwynn (September 2008). "How Pleasant to Know Mr Whitworth". Chimaera. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
- "Poems by John Whitworth". Shit Creek Review.
- John Whitworth Poems in Qualm
- John Whitworth 2011 Poems in Qualm