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John Burnside

John Burnside was a Scottish writer. He was one of four poets to have won the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize for a single book – in this case, for Black Cat Bone in 2011. In 2023, he won the David Cohen Prize in recognition of his full body of work.

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Books13

Cornerstones: Subterranean Writings; from Dartmoor to the Arctic Circle

Cornerstones: Subterranean Writings; from Dartmoor to the Arctic Circle

with Alan Garner

Le bruit du degel

Le bruit du degel

2017
All One Breath

All One Breath

2014
I Put a Spell on You

I Put a Spell on You

2014
Something Like Happy

Something Like Happy

2013
Black Cat Bone: Poems

Black Cat Bone: Poems

2011
A Summer of Drowning

A Summer of Drowning

2011
The Glister

The Glister

2008
Scintillation

Scintillation

2008
The Devil's Footprints

The Devil's Footprints

2007
Lugen uber meinen Vater

Lugen uber meinen Vater

2006
A Lie About My Father: A Memoir

A Lie About My Father: A Memoir

2006
Dumb House

Dumb House

1997

Collections1

Long Players: Writers on the Albums that Shaped Them

Long Players: Writers on the Albums that Shaped Them

2021

with Marlon James, Deborah Levy, Colm Toibin, Eimear McBride, Ben Okri, Daisy Johnson and Sarah Perry