John Gohorry (born Donald Smith 1943 in

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; died 17 Oct 2021) was a British

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Life

He graduated from

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with a BA in English, and

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with a M.Phil in 1970. He was a lecturer Education in North Hertfordshire 1971 - 2006. He was married with seven adult children and stepchildren, nine grandchildren and step-grandchildren. His work appeared in ''The Times Literary Supplement'', ''Oxford Poetry'', ''The Spectator'', ''London Magazine'', ''Critical Survey'', ''Poetry Review'', ''Poetry Durham'', ''Encounter'', ''The Antigonish Review''.

Awards

* 2008

Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry The Keats-Shelley Prize was inaugurated in 1998 by the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association. Its purpose is to encourage people of all ages to respond personally to the emotions aroused in them by the work of the Romantics, through rising to the cha ...

* 2007 Times Literary Supplement Poetry Competition Prize for poem "At a provincial zoo" * 2002 Library of Avalon Poetry Competition 1st prize for poem "Land Measures" * 1996 Stand International Poetry Competition Prize for poem "Imagining Magdeburg" * 1991 Arvon International Poetry Competition Prize for poem "Amber" * 1981 Ver Poets Michael Johnson Memorial Poetry Competition 1st prize for poem "Anaglypta and Corydon"

Works

* ''Forty-Eight Gates'' (Dark Age Press, Autumn 2009) * ''Imagining Magdeburg'' (Shoestring Press, 2007) * ''Talk into the Late Evening'' (Peterloo, 1992), Poetry Book Society Recommendation 1992/3 * ''A Voyage Round the Moon'' (Peterloo, 1985)

References

External links

"Author's website"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gohorry, John British poets 1943 births Living people British male poets