John Glenday grew up in
Monifieth
Monifieth () is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay on the east coast. In , the population of Monifieth was estimated at , making it the fifth largest town ...
.
Life
John lives in
Angus
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*Angus, Scotland, a council area of Scotland, and formerly a province, sheriffdom, county and district of Scotland
* Angus, Canada, a community in Essa, Ontario
Animals
* Angus cattle, various breeds of beef cattle
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, with his wife Erika.
His work appeared in ''Times Literary Supplement'', ''London Review of Books'', ''Poetry ''(Chicago), ''The Scotsman'', ''The Guardian'', ''Financial Times'', ''Wascana Review'', ''Ploughshares, Candlestick Press'' and ''Magma'' to name but a few.
John was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Prize for Excellence in New Poetry and for the
Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Poetry Prize is a Canadian poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin.
Before 2022, two separate awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. I ...
2010 for his collection ''Grain''.
His work is included in many anthologies such as the ''Faber Book of Twentieth Century Scottish Poetry'' (Faber and Faber 1992), ''Last Words: New Poetry for the New Century'' (Picador, 1999),'' New British Poetry'' (Grey Wolf Press, 2004), ''Contemporary poetry and contemporary science'' (Oxford University Press, 2006), ''100 Favourite Scottish Poems'' (Luath Press, 2006), ''100 Favourite Scottish Love Poems'' (Luath Press, 2008), ''Being Human'' (Bloodaxe, 2011), ''Forward Book of Poetry 2016'' (Faber & Faber, 2015) and ''Off the Shelf'' (Picador Poetry, 2018).
John was a judge for the National Poetry Competition in 2011,
Poetry Society
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Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets 2022
and th
Saltire Society Literary Awards 2022
''The Golden Mean'' won the 201
Roehampton Poetry Prize
It was also shortlisted for the Saltire Society Poetry Prize.
The American photographer Sally Mann
Sally Mann (born Sally Turner Munger; May 1, 1951) is an American photographer known for making large format black and white photographs of people and places in her immediate surroundings: her children, husband, and rural landscapes, as well as ...
used an excerpt from John's poem ''Landscape with Flying Man'' for the title of her 2018 International Exhibitio
''A Thousand Crossings''.
John's ''Selected Poems'' was published b
Picador Poetry
in October 2020. The same year, he published 2 pamphlets: ''mira'' with Maria Isakova Bennet
(Coast to Coast to Coast)
and ''The Firth'', published b
Mariscat Press
The Fife Arms Hotel
in Braemar invited a Poetry commission to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III in May 2023.
John is a highly experienced tutor and mentor and can be heard in th
Poetry Archive.
John Glenday
bio.
North Sea Poets
- for online Poetry Workshops, Masterclasses and Webinars.
Awards
* Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council (), was a Scottish public body responsible for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland. The Council primarily distributed funding from the Scottish Government as well as National Lottery funds ...
Book Prize for ''The Apple Ghost''
*Poetry Book Society Recommendation for ''Undark''
*Poetry Book Society Recommendation for ''Grain''
*Shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award 2010 for ''Grain''.
*Shortlisted for The Griffin Poetry Prize 2010 for ''Grain''
*Winner of the 201
Roehampton Poetry Prize
2015 for ''The Golden Mean''.
*Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Poetry Prize for ''The Golden Mean''.
Poetry collections
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References
External links
"John Glenday""Picador Poetry""Coast to Coast to Coast"Mariscat Press"Sally Mann - A thousand crossings"Griffin Poetry Prize biography and video"John Glenday", ''Literary Encyclopedia''"John Glenday's ''Grain''", ''Scottish Poetry Library''
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"The Ugly", poem in ''The Valve'', 22 May 2009"Tin", ''The Guardian'', 14 November 2009
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1952 births
Living people
Scottish poets
Academic staff of the University of Alberta
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
People from Angus, Scotland