John Gohorry

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Name John Gohorry		Role Poet

Books Imagining Magdeburg, A voyage round the moon

John Gohorry (born Donald Smith; 1943 in Coventry, England) is a British poet.

Life

He graduated from University College, London with a BA in English, and University of London with a M.Phil in 1970. He was a lecturer Education in North Hertfordshire 1971 - 2006. He is married with seven adult children and stepchildren, nine grandchildren and step-grandchildren.

His work appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, Oxford Poetry, The Spectator, London Magazine, Critical Survey, Poetry Review, Poetry Durham, Encounter, The Antigonish Review.

Awards

2008 Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry

2007 Times Literary Supplement Poetry Competition Prize for poem "At a provincial zoo"

2002 Library of Avalon Poetry Competition 1st prize for poem "Land Measures"

1996 Stand International Poetry Competition Prize for poem "Imagining Magdeburg"

1991 Arvon International Poetry Competition Prize for poem "Amber"

1981 Ver Poets Michael Johnson Memorial Poetry Competition 1st prize for poem "Anaglypta and Corydon"

Works

Forty-Eight Gates (Dark Age Press, Autumn 2009)

Imagining Magdeburg (Shoestring Press, 2007)

Talk into the Late Evening (Peterloo, 1992), Poetry Book Society Recommendation 1992/3

A Voyage Round the Moon (Peterloo, 1985)

References

John Gohorry Wikipedia

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