John Whitworth (poet)

John Whitworth
Born	Nashik, India
Occupation	Poet
Language	English
Education	James Gillespie's High School Royal High School, Edinburgh
Alma mater	Merton College, Oxford
Notable awards	Cholmondeley Award 1988
Spouse	Doreen Roberts
Children	Ellie and Katie

John Whitworth (11 December 1945 - 20 April 2019) was a British poet. Born in India in 1945, he began writing poetry at Merton College, Oxford. He went on to win numerous prizes and publish in many highly regarded venues. He published twelve books: ten collections of his own work, an anthology of which he was the editor, and a textbook on writing poetry.

Life

Whitworth was born in India in 1945. He graduated from Merton College, Oxford. His work appeared in Poetry Review, The Times Literary Supplement, London Magazine, The Spectator, Quadrant, New poetry, The Flea., Chimaera, The HyperTexts, Light, Qualm, and Shit Creek Review. He taught a master class at University of Kent. He was a judge for the 9th Poetry on the Lake Competition, 2009. He read at Lamar University. He read at the 9th annual Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival 2012.

He was married to Doreen Roberts, who taught at the University of Kent; they had two daughters, Ellie and Katie.

Awards

• 1988 Cholmondeley Award
• 2004 The Silver Wyvern, Poetry on the Lake
• 2009 Eleanor Room Poetry Award Lamar University
• 2011 Literary Review £5000 Poetry Prize

Bibliography

Poetry

Collections

• Whitworth, John (1980). Unhistorical fragments. London: Secker & Warburg. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
• Whitworth, John (1982). Poor butterflies. London: Secker & Warburg. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Whitworth, John (1985). Lovely day for a wedding. Secker & Warburg. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Whitworth, John (1989). Tennis and sex and death. Peterloo. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Whitworth, John (1993). Landscape with small humans. Peterloo. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Whitworth, John (1998). From the sonnet history of modern poetry. Illustrated by Gerald Mangan. Peterloo. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Whitworth, John (2002). The Whitworth gun. Peterloo. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Whitworth, John (2007). Being the bad guy. Peterloo. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Whitworth, John (2011). Girlie gangs. Enitharmon. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Whitworth, John (2016). Joy in the morning. Kelsay. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

Anthologies

• Whitworth, John, ed. (1997). The Faber book of blue verse. Faber. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
• Whitworth, John, ed. (2006). Making love to Marilyn Monroe : the Faber book of blue verse. Faber and Faber. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |editormask= ignored (|editor-mask= suggested) (help)

List of poems

Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected
Orriblerevelationsinighlife	2016	Whitworth, John (Jan–Feb 2016). "Orriblerevelationsinighlife". Quadrant. 60 (1–2): 142. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
Twelve don'ts for the aged	2016	Whitworth, John (Jan–Feb 2016). "Twelve don'ts for the aged". Quadrant. 60 (1–2): 4. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
Variation on a forgotten theme of James Fenton	2016	Whitworth, John (Jan–Feb 2016). "Variation on a forgotten theme of James Fenton". Quadrant. 60 (1–2): 111. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)

Non-fiction

• Whitworth, John (1989). "Poetry into print". Writers' and Artists' Yearbook. A & C Black. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
• Whitworth, John (2001). Writing poetry. A & C Black. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Whitworth, John (2006). Writing poetry (Revised 2nd ed.). A & C Black. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

External links

• About John Whitworth at Poetry Archive
• "Poems by John Whitworth". THE FLEA.
• "Poems by John Whitworth". THE FLEA.
• "Introduction and Interview". Chimaera. September 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Sam Gwynn (September 2008). "How Pleasant to Know Mr Whitworth". Chimaera. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
• "Poems by John Whitworth". Shit Creek Review.
• John Whitworth Poems in Qualm
• John Whitworth 2011 Poems in Qualm