W. N. Herbert
W. N. Herbert FRSL, also known as Bill Herbert (born 1961) is a poet from Dundee, Scotland. He writes in both English and Scots. He and Richard Price founded the poetry magazine Gairfish. Educated at Grove Academy and Brasenose College, he currently teaches at Newcastle University.[1]
Awards and honours
In September 2013, Herbert was appointed as Dundee's first makar.[2]
He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2015.[3]
Books
Poetry collections
- Dundee Doldrums (1991)
- The Testament of the Reverend Thomas Dick (1994)
- Cabaret McGonagall (1996)
- The Laurelude (1998)
- The Big Bumper Book of Troy (2002)
- Bad Shaman Blues (2006)
Criticism
- To Circumjack MacDiarmid (1992)
References
- ↑ Lindsay, Maurice; Duncan, Lesley, eds. (2005), The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 385–386, ISBN 0-7486-2015-X
- ↑ Cowing, Emma (15 September 2013). "Dundee appoints WN Herbert as first maker". The Scotsman. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ http://rsliterature.org/fellows/current-fellows/
External links
- Biography at the British Council
- Herbert's page at Newcastle University
- Professor Herbert's homepage
- Profile at Bloodaxe Books
- Profile at Scottish Poetry Library
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