A. B. Jackson
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The Scottish poet Andrew Buchanan Jackson was born on 19 June 1965, in Glasgow
.
His family soon moved to the town of Bramhall
in Cheshire
, where he received his primary school education. The family moved again in 1976, to Cupar
in Fife
, where he attended Bell Baxter High School.
He studied English Literature at Edinburgh University between 1983 and 1987, and it was there that he met fellow student Roddy Lumsden
. Together they founded and edited the undergraduate poetry magazine Fox, and ran the Edinburgh University Poetry Society between 1986 and 1987.
In 2000, Jackson qualified as a librarian from the University of Strathclyde, and currently works for the NHS
in Glasgow.
His first book, Fire Stations, won the Forward Poetry Prize for best first collection in 2003. His limited edition pamphlet, Apocrypha (Donut Press), was the Poetry Book Society's Pamphlet Choice for Summer 2011.
In 2010 he won the Edwin Morgan Poetry Competition for the poem 'Treasure Island'.
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
.
His family soon moved to the town of Bramhall
Bramhall
Bramhall is a suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of about 25,500.Research by the University of Sheffield has placed Bramhall as the "least lonely" place in Britain. Bramhall is also regarded as an affluent area where most residents...
in Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
, where he received his primary school education. The family moved again in 1976, to Cupar
Cupar
Cupar is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland. The town is situated between Dundee and the New Town of Glenrothes.According to a recent population estimate , Cupar had a population around 8,980 making the town the ninth largest settlement in Fife.-History:The town is believed to have...
in Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
, where he attended Bell Baxter High School.
He studied English Literature at Edinburgh University between 1983 and 1987, and it was there that he met fellow student Roddy Lumsden
Roddy Lumsden
Roddy Lumsden is a Scottish poet, who was born in St Andrews. He has published five collections of poetry, a number of chapbooks and a collection of trivia, as well as editing a generational anthology of British and Irish poets of the 1990s and 2000s, Identity Parade, among other...
. Together they founded and edited the undergraduate poetry magazine Fox, and ran the Edinburgh University Poetry Society between 1986 and 1987.
In 2000, Jackson qualified as a librarian from the University of Strathclyde, and currently works for the NHS
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
in Glasgow.
His first book, Fire Stations, won the Forward Poetry Prize for best first collection in 2003. His limited edition pamphlet, Apocrypha (Donut Press), was the Poetry Book Society's Pamphlet Choice for Summer 2011.
In 2010 he won the Edwin Morgan Poetry Competition for the poem 'Treasure Island'.