John Glenday


John Glenday grew up in Monifieth.

Life

John lives in Angus, with his wife Erika.
His work appeared in Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, Poetry , The Scotsman, The Guardian, Financial Times, Wascana Review, Ploughshares and Magma to name but a few.
He won the XE Nathan Prize in 1994 for After Versalius.
John was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Prize for Excellence in New Poetry and for the
Griffin Poetry Prize 2010 for his collection Grain.
His work is included in many anthologies such as the Faber Book of Twentieth Century Scottish Poetry, Last Words: New Poetry for the New Century, New British Poetry, Contemporary poetry and contemporary science , 100 Favourite Scottish Poems, 100 Favourite Scottish Love Poems, Being Human, Forward Book of Poetry 2016 and Off the Shelf.
He was a judge for the 2011 National Poetry Competition, together with Jackie Kay and Colette Bryce.
The Golden Mean won the 2015 . It was also shortlisted for the Saltire Society Poetry Prize.
His Selected Poems will be published by Picador in October 2020.
John can be heard in the Poetry Archive.

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