Author | John Burnside |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Poetry |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Pages | 80 |
Awards | Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection; T. S. Eliot Prize |
ISBN | 9780224093859 |
Preceded by | The Hunt in the Forest |
Followed by | All One Breath |
Black Cat Bone is a poetry collection by John Burnside, published in 2011 by Jonathan Cape. [1] [2] It is the Scottish poet's 11th collection. [3]
According to Fiona Sampson writing in The Independent:
"Black Cat Bone distils its dreamscapes into four sections. The opening long poem, "The Fair Chase", is followed by "Everafter", an exploration of romantic love and its repeated disappointment; "Black Cat Bone", haunted by images of a murdered girl; and "Faith", a series of poems broadly concerned with keeping faith with the human condition". [4]
Black Cat Bone won the Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection in 2011, a £10,000 award; [4] [5] and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2012, a £15,000 award. [6] [7] [8] As of 2023 [update], Burnside was one of only three poets to have won both prizes for the same book. [9]
Author | John Burnside |
---|---|
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Poetry |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Pages | 80 |
Awards | Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection; T. S. Eliot Prize |
ISBN | 9780224093859 |
Preceded by | The Hunt in the Forest |
Followed by | All One Breath |
Black Cat Bone is a poetry collection by John Burnside, published in 2011 by Jonathan Cape. [1] [2] It is the Scottish poet's 11th collection. [3]
According to Fiona Sampson writing in The Independent:
"Black Cat Bone distils its dreamscapes into four sections. The opening long poem, "The Fair Chase", is followed by "Everafter", an exploration of romantic love and its repeated disappointment; "Black Cat Bone", haunted by images of a murdered girl; and "Faith", a series of poems broadly concerned with keeping faith with the human condition". [4]
Black Cat Bone won the Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection in 2011, a £10,000 award; [4] [5] and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2012, a £15,000 award. [6] [7] [8] As of 2023 [update], Burnside was one of only three poets to have won both prizes for the same book. [9]