John Burnside wins Forward poetry prize
Scottish poet John Burnside has won the 2011 Forward prize for best collection, after being shortlisted in 2000, 2005, and 2007. Burnside’s Black Cat Bone beat collections from the Oxford professor of poetry Geoffrey Hill, David Harsent, Michael Longley, D Nurkse and three-time winner Sean O'Brien.
Other winners at last week’s prize-giving ceremony at Somerset House were the late RF Langley for best single poem, and Rachael Boast for best first collection. Last week the Forward prize celebrated its 20th anniversary. Read about its winners over those years.
