Duncan Forbes (born 1947) is a British

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. He studied English at Corpus Christi College in

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. He works as a teacher.

Works

His first poetry collection, ''August Autumn'', was published in 1984 by

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. His four subsequent collections, ''Public and Confidential'' (1989), ''Taking Liberties'' (1993), ''Voice Mail'' (2002) and ''Vision Mixer'' (2006), were all published by

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. In 1994

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published ''Point The Finger''.''Point The Finger'', copyright page In 1974, Forbes received an

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; in 1998, he won 1st Prize in the ''TLS /'' Blackwells Poetry Competition. He retired from head of English at Wycombe Abbey School in the summer of 2009.

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Verse Daily: Duncan Forbes
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Enitharmon Press
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Society of Authors - Greogory Award Winners
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Harvill Secker
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