Ian Duhig

Robert Ian Duhig (born 9 February 1954 London) is a British poet.

Life

He was the eighth of eleven children born to Irish parents. He graduated from Leeds University. He married Jane Vincent.^[1]

He worked for 15 years in social work, with homeless people.^[2]^[3]

He is a tutor at the John Osborne Arvon Centre.^[4]

Awards

1987 National Poetry Competition for Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen
1991 Forward Poetry Prize (shortlist) for The Bradford Count
1991 Whitbread Poetry Award (shortlist) for The Bradford Count
1995 T. S. Eliot Prize (shortlist) The Mersey Goldfish
1998 Arts Council Writers' Award
2000 National Poetry Competition for "The Lammas Hireling"
2001 Cholmondeley Award
2001 Forward Poetry Prize for "The Lammas Hireling"
2002 Forward Poetry Prize (shortlist) for "Rosary"
2003 Forward Poetry Prize (shortlist) for The Lammas Hireling
2003 T. S. Eliot Prize (shortlist) for The Lammas Hireling
2007 Costa Poetry Award (shortlist) The Speed of Dark
2007 T. S. Eliot Prize (shortlist) for The Speed of Dark
Royal Literary Fund fellowships at Lancaster University, Durham University, Newcastle University, and Leeds University.

Works

Poetry

The Lammas Hireling. Picador. 2003. ISBN 9780330492386.
The Bradford Count. Bloodaxe. 1991. ISBN 9781852241384.
The Mersey Goldfish. Bloodaxe. 1994. ISBN 9781852243258.
Nominies. 1998. ISBN 9781852244576.
The Lammas Hireling. Picador. 2003. ISBN 9780330492386.
The Speed of Dark. Picador. 2007. ISBN 9780330446556.

Anthologies

Don Paterson, Charles Simic, ed. (2004). New British poetry. Graywolf Press. ISBN 9781555973940.

Editor

Anthology of new Yorkshire writers. Yorkshire Art Circus Limited. 1998. ISBN 9780905199016.
The Nightwatchgirl of the Moon. Yorkshire Art Circus Limited. 1998. ISBN 9780905199023.

Essays

My week. March 22, 2009. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

Reviews

Among recent writers indebted to the modernist masters in that respect are Paul Muldoon, WN Herbert and Ian Duhig: erudite and venturesome poets who specialise in a complexity which has one puzzling and laughing together. The Celtic input into this tradition of humorous difficulty is intriguing. Muldoon is an Ulsterman, Herbert a Scot, Duhig the London-born child of Irish Catholic parents. Duhig is the most economical. The Lammas Hireling, shortlisted for this year's TS Eliot Prize, is his fourth book in 12 years and, at 69 pages, his longest by a short head. In his last volume, Nominies, he seemed to opt for a more direct and accessible style. This book requires greater concentration.^[5]

References

^ Europa Publications, ed. (2003). International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781857431780.
^ http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=345
^ http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth5689224102ee61D662iUrY377ECF
^ http://www.arvonfoundation.org/p121s620.html
^ Alan Brownjohn (23 January 2004). "The Lammas Hireling by Ian Duhig". The Independent.

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[1] Europa Publications, ed. (2003). International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781857431780.

[2] ttp://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=345

[3] ttp://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth5689224102ee61D662iUrY377ECF

[4] ttp://www.arvonfoundation.org/p121s620.html

[5] Alan Brownjohn (23 January 2004). "The Lammas Hireling by Ian Duhig". The Independent.

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