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Name
  
John Gohorry


Role
  
Poet

John Gohorry httpspoetryidfileswordpresscom20120512050

Books
  
Imagining Magdeburg, A voyage round the moon

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

Contents

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