John Glenday
Encyclopedia
Life
John graduated as a psychiatric nurse and worked in DundeeDundee
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...
for many years. In 1990-91, he was appointed the Scottish/Canadian Exchange Fellow at the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
. He has taught at the Banff Centre
Banff Centre
The Banff Centre, formerly known as The Banff Centre for Continuing Education, is an arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference complex located in Banff, Alberta...
. He lives in Drumnadrochit, Scotland, with his wife Erika. He has three sons, two stepchildren and two grand daughters.
His work appeared in Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, Poetry (Chicago), The Scotsman, The Guardian, Financial Times, Wascana Review.
In 2010 he was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Prize for Excellence in New Poetry and for the
Griffin Poetry Prize
Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language....
2010 for his most recent collection Grain.
His work is included in many anthologies such as the Faber Book of Twentieth Century Scottish Poetry (Faber and Faber 1992), New British Poetry (Grey Wolf Press 2004) and Contemporary poetry and contemporary science (Oxford University Press 2006), 100 Favourite Scottish Poems (Luath Press 2006), 100 Favourite Scottish Love Poems (Luath Press 2008) and Being Human (Bloodaxe, 2011).
He sits on the Board of the Scottish Poetry Library.
He is a judge for the 2011 National Poetry Competition, together with Jackie Kay and Colette Bryce.
Awards
- Scottish Arts CouncilScottish Arts CouncilThe Scottish Arts Council is a Scottish public body that distributes funding from the Scottish Government, and is the leading national organisation for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland...
Book Award for The Apple Ghost - Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Undark
- Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Grain as well as shortlisted for the
- Ted Hughes Award 2010 for Grain.
- Shortlisted for The Griffin Poetry Prize 2010 for Grain
Poetry collections
(shortlisted for the Ted HughesTed Hughes
Edward James Hughes OM , more commonly known as Ted Hughes, was an English poet and children's writer. Critics routinely rank him as one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes was British Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death.Hughes was married to American poet Sylvia Plath, from 1956 until...
Award for New Work in Poetry and the 2010 International Griffin Poetry Prize
Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language....
)