Burnside, John: 1955 - 2024
Information about John Burnside
- General Information
- Facts
- Bibliography
- John Burnside wins the David Cohen Prize for Literature. David Cohen Prize for Literature; November 2023
- Articles
- John Burnside’s Encounters with Nature: "Burnside assures us that poetry performs an important role to find unity as we have lost the connection with the natural world, he repeats, frequently writing about our disconnection from wild nature arising from increasing isolation caused by technological advances which distance us from the natural world further and further." Monika Szuba, Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté; 2015
- Audio (27:42)
From the Other Side. When his heart stopped, poet and novelist John Burnside had a near-death experience. He explores how this deeply profound, but trippy encounter has influenced his life and work. BBC; November 5, 2022 - John Burnside on his fight for life, insomnia, LSD and the best tomato sandwich ever tasted. The Sunday Post; September 7, 2021