John Burnside was an internationally celebrated poet, novelist, memoirist, writer of short stories and academic works, and the recipient of many major awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Whitbread Poetry Award, the Encore Award and the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year. In 2011, Black Cat Bone won both the T. S. Eliot and the Forward prizes. The...
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This article on the early years of the T. S. Eliot Prize was written and added to the website in 2025. The winner of T. S. Eliot Prize 2000 was Michael Longley for his collection The Weather in Japan (Cape Poetry). Longley was presented with a cheque for £10,000,...
