John Glenday grew up in
Monifieth
Monifieth is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay on the east coast. In 2016, the population of Monifieth was estimated at 8,110, making it the fifth largest ...
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Life
John lives in
Angus
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* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
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* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
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, with his wife Erika.
His work appeared in ''Times Literary Supplement'', ''London Review of Books'', ''Poetry ''(Chicago), ''The Scotsman'', ''The Guardian'', ''Financial Times'', ''Wascana Review'', ''Ploughshares'' and ''Magma'' to name but a few.
John was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Prize for Excellence in New Poetry and for the
Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin.
Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...
2010 for his collection ''Grain''.
His work is included in many anthologies such as the ''Faber Book of Twentieth Century Scottish Poetry'' (Faber and Faber 1992), ''Last Words: New Poetry for the New Century'' (Picador, 1999),'' New British Poetry'' (Grey Wolf Press, 2004), ''Contemporary poetry and contemporary science'' (Oxford University Press, 2006), ''100 Favourite Scottish Poems'' (Luath Press, 2006), ''100 Favourite Scottish Love Poems'' (Luath Press, 2008), ''Being Human'' (Bloodaxe, 2011), ''Forward Book of Poetry 2016'' (Faber & Faber, 2015) and ''Off the Shelf'' (Picador Poetry, 2018).
He was a judge for the 2011 National Poetry Competition, together with Jackie Kay and Colette Bryce.
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''The Golden Mean'' won the 201
Roehampton Poetry Prize
It was also shortlisted for the Saltire Society Poetry Prize.
The American photographer Sally Mann
Sally Mann HonFRPS (born Sally Turner Munger; May 1, 1951) is an American photographer who has made large format black and white photographs—at first of her young children, then later of landscapes suggesting decay and death.
Early life and e ...
used an excerpt from John's poem ''Landscape with Flying Mann'' for the title of her 2018 International Exhibition ''A Thousand Crossings''.
His ''Selected Poems'' was published by Picador Poetry in October 2020. The same year, he published 2 pamphlets: ''mira'' with Maria Isakova Bennett (Coast to Coast to Coast) and ''The Firth'', published by Mariscat Press.
John can be heard in the Poetry Archive.
Awards
* Scottish Arts Council
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Book Prize for ''The Apple Ghost''
*Poetry Book Society Recommendation for ''Undark''
*Poetry Book Society Recommendation for ''Grain''
*Shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award 2010 for ''Grain''.
*Shortlisted for The Griffin Poetry Prize 2010 for ''Grain''
*Winner of the 201
Roehampton Poetry Prize
2015 for ''The Golden Mean''.
*Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Poetry Prize for ''The Golden Mean''.
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References
External links
"John Glenday""Picador Poetry""Coast to Coast to Coast"Mariscat Press"Sally Mann - A thousand crossings"Griffin Poetry Prize biography and video"John Glenday", ''Literary Encyclopedia''"John Glenday's ''Grain''", ''Scottish Poetry Library''
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"The Ugly", poem in ''The Valve'', 22 May 2009"Tin", ''The Guardian'', 14 November 2009
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1952 births
Living people
Scottish poets
University of Alberta faculty
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
People from Angus, Scotland