John Whitworth (poet)
John Whitworth (born 1945, India) is a British poet.
Life
He graduated from Merton College, Oxford. His work appears in Poetry Review, The Times Literary Supplement,London Magazine, The Spectator,Quadrant, New poetry, and The Flea.
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 lives with his wife Doreen Roberts, who taught at the University of Kent, and their daughters Ellie and Katie, in Canterbury.
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
Works
Poetry
Unhistorical Fragments. Secker & Warburg. 1980. ISBN 0-436-57095-5.
Poor Butterflies. Secker. 1982. ISBN 978-0-436-57096-4.
Lovely Day for a Wedding. Secker. 1985. ISBN 978-0-436-57097-1.
Tennis and Sex and Death. Peterloo. 1989. ISBN 978-1-871471-04-5.