Andrew Waterhouse

Andrew Waterhouse (27 November 1958 Lincolnshire - 20 October 2001) was a British poet, and musician.^[1]

Contents 1 Life 2 Awards 3 Works 3.1 Anthologies 4 References 5 External links

Life

He grew up in [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire and was educated at Gainsborough Grammer School. He studied at Newcastle University, and Wye College, taking an MSc. in environmental science. He lectured at Kirkley Hall Agricultural College.Drawing on his background in this semi industrial town his early poetry reflects on the town and his family and is evocative of the period (1970s) and the place.

He wrote for green journals, and took part in the Trees For Life programme for world reforestation.

An annual award in his name is made by the Northern Writers'.^[2]

Awards

• 2000 Forward Prize for Best First Collection ^[3]
• 2000 Northern Writers' Award

Works

• "Butterfly On Stained Glass", The Rialto
• "Looking for the Comet", The Rialto

• Need-fire. Bay Press. 1996. ISBN 9781899462087. 
• Burning your brother's guitar. Windhover Press. 1998. ISBN 9781900447195. 
• In. The Rialto. ISBN 9780952744412. 
• 2nd. The Rialto. 2002. ISBN 9780952744443. 

Anthologies

• W. N. Herbert, ed (2006). Bad shaman blues. Bloodaxe. ISBN 9781852247287. 
• Neil Astley, ed (2004). Being alive. Bloodaxe. ISBN 9781852246754. 

References

External links

• The Oxford companion to twentieth-century literature in English, Jenny Stringer, John Sutherland

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Name	Waterhouse, Andrew
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Date of birth	27 November 1958
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Date of death	20 October 2001
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