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Mick Imlah

ミック・イムラー

Mikku Imurā

Aliases: Michael Ogilvie Imlah

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1956-09-26 （Milngavie, Scotland）
Died
2009-01-12 age 52
Nationality
Scottish, British
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Milngavie near Glasgow → Beckenham, Kent

Career

Occupations
poet, editor, lecturer
Active Years
1982-2009
Affiliations
Poetry Review (editor, 1983-6), Times Literary Supplement (from 1992)
Nominations
Griffin Poetry Prize 2009 shortlist

Education

Dulwich College
Country: United Kingdom
Secondary school
Magdalen College, Oxford
Faculty of English
Country: United Kingdom
Junior Fellow

Awards

Forward Prize for Best Collection
2008
Work: The Lost Leader
Category: Best Collection
Organization: Forward Poetry Prize
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Lost Leader

2008 Poetry collection

Imlah's major poetry collection before his death, winner of the Forward Prize.

ScotlandHistoryMemory

Birthmarks

1988 Poetry collection 56 pages

First full book of poetry.

Bibliography

  • The Zoologist’s Bath (1982)
  • Birthmarks (1988)
  • Penguin New Poets 3 (1994)
  • Diehard (2006)
  • The Lost Leader (2008)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Modern poetry using traditional forms
Recurring Motifs
Scottish identityHistorical figures

Health

  • Motor neurone disease
    2007年12月診断 - 2009年1月
    Died at 52. Impacted writing.

Legacy

Influential Scottish poet. Posthumous selections published.

In Popular Culture

  • Dedicated in Alan Hollinghurst's The Stranger's Child.

Trivia

  • Helped revive Oxford Poetry.