Don Paterson
Poet · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1963 · age 63
Donald Paterson is a Scottish poet, writer and musician. His work has won several awards, including the Forward Poetry Prize, the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. He was recipient of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2009.
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2012Cholmondeley AwardAward2004Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1998Geoffrey Faber Memorial PrizeAward1990Eric Gregory AwardAward1963Born
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Born 1963 · age 63
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Kathleen JamieBoth received Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Glyn MaxwellBoth received Eric Gregory Award
Gwyneth LewisBoth received Eric Gregory Award
Ralph HodgsonBoth received King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for PoetryHugo WilliamsBoth received Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Kathleen JamieBoth received Geoffrey Faber Memorial PrizeGlyn MaxwellBoth received Eric Gregory AwardGwyneth LewisBoth received Eric Gregory AwardRalph HodgsonBoth received King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for PoetryHugo WilliamsBoth received Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize