John Whitworth (11 December 1945 - 20 April 2019) was a British poet. Born in India in 1945, he began writing poetry at 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, London Magazine, The Spectator, Quadrant, New Poetry, The Flea, Chimaera, HyperTexts, Light, Qualm, and Shit Creek Review. He taught a master class at University of Kent. He was a judge for the 9th Poetry on the Lake Competition, 2009. He read at Lamar University. 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.
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
Anthologies
List of poems TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedOrriblerevelationsinighlife2016Twelve don'ts for the aged2016Variation on a forgotten theme of James Fenton2016
Non-fiction
References
External links About John Whitworth at Poetry Archive
John Whitworth Poems in Qualm John Whitworth 2011 Poems in Qualm