Join facebook to connect with don patterson and others you may know. Don paterson, obe, frsl born 1963 is a scottish poet, writer and musician. His first book nil nil was published to acclaim in. His longer poem a private bottling was a particularly haunting example, especially when read in patersons measured, almost languid scottish voice that perfectly tread the line between poignancy and sentimentality as it assessed a remembered relationship. In a private bottling, a boozer spends the night drinking his way through. He moved to london in 1984 to work as a jazz musician, and began to write poetry. Born in dundee in 1963, don paterson left school to pursue a career in music, living in london and brighton. He won an eric gregory award in 1990 and his poem a private bottling won the arvon foundation. Originally from dundee, scotland, don paterson left school at 16 and moved to london to pursue music and join a band. He works as a musician and editor, and has written four collections of poems, nil nil 1993, gods gift to women 1997 winner of both the t.
In 2002 he was awarded a scottish arts council creative scotland award. In this installment, don paterson reads to shakespeare by hartley coleridge. I have landing light, rain, the book of shadows, and his commentary on shakespeares sonnets. His first book nil nil was published to acclaim in 1993, and in the same year he returned to scotland as writer in residence at the university of dundee. Paterson is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, including nil nil 1993, which was awarded the forward poetry prize for best first collection, gods gift to women 1997, which won the t. Eliot prize and the geoffrey faber memorial prize, and landing light 2003. Murdo macleod lady katherine dyer s epitaph for her husband william dates from 1641, when she erected his tomb in st denys church in colmworth, bedfordshire.
In a private bottling, a boozer spends the night drinking his way through different whiskies, lovingly pursuing his memories in their aromas, from islays whinfires, heather,the sklent of its wind and its salty rain to burning brakefluid, then nicotine,pastis, diorissimo and wet grass or the trace of zinctapwater. Eliot prize and the geoffrey faber memorial prize, and landing light 2003, which won both. A few years back, don paterson was warning everyone that contemporary british. Search for free star, ferry, water background images. Don paterson reads let me not deem that i was made in. Although don paterson has worked as a writer since the early nineties, he initially left school to pursue a career in music. Donald paterson born 1963 is a scottish poet, writer and musician background. His honors include all three forward prizes, the geoffrey faber memorial prize, the queens gold medal for poetry, and the whitbread poetry prize. Don paterson, obe frsl born 1963 is a scottish poet, prose writer, and jazz musician. A private bottling beguiles with heightened lyricism and colloquialism, achieving a gently damning commemoration of the poets former lover. Don paterson was watching telly in a bedsit in tottenham when he. A private bottling by don paterson another day in paradise, words. Don paterson born october 30, 1963, british musician. Born in 1963 in dundee, scotland, don paterson left school at 16 and moved to london to pursue a career in music.
He won an eric gregory award in 1990 and his poem a private bottling. He moved to london in 1984, took some lessons from the guitarist derek bailey, and toured and recorded with ken hyders talisker, as well as a. Don paterson was born on january, 1961 in san francisco, california, usa. Eliot prize and the geoffrey faber memorial prize, and landing light 2003, which won both the t. Born in dundee, he left school to pursue a career in music, moving to london in 1984. He found success with the jazzfolk ensemble lammas, but was captivated by poetry upon encountering poet tony harrison. Poetry, unlike music, is a metaart, and relies upon nonphysical structures for the production of its effects. Don paterson is a scottish poet, writer and musician.
Paterson s poem a private bottling won the arvon foundation international poetry competition. No doubt through the usual process of elimination ill arrive at my favourite strategy of total paralysis. He has won an eric gregory award, three book awards from. Baldovan les six a private bottling to cut it short 21. A private bottling postmodern 24 spiralbound a4 notebook, probably pre1998, many folios loosely inserted. He won an eric gregory award in 1990 and his poem a private bottling won the arvon foundation international poetry competition in 1993. Poet, writer and musician don paterson was born in dundee, scotland, in 1963. Patersons poem a private bottling won the arvon foundation international poetry competition. A version of raine maria rilke by don paterson 20061005 jan 1, 1798. In this installment, don paterson reads let me not deem that i was made in vain by hartley coleridge. Don paterson was watching telly in a bedsit in tottenham when he had an experience that changed his life. He left school at 16, and moved to london in 1984 to pursue a career in music, forming the jazzfolk band lammas. Paterson has also published several collections of aphorisms. We have a little silence at the end of a line, a bigger one at the end of a stanza, and a huge one at the end of the poem.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The early years the scale of intensity the chartres of gowrie 11. The desire to comment on my own work is usually misplaced, as it derives from a proprietorial, not a generous instinct. View the profiles of professionals named don paterson on linkedin. Eliot prize and the geoffrey faber memorial prize, the eyes 1999 and landing light, which won both the t. Pngtree provide collection of hd backgrounds about fantasy starry background. Gods gift to women don paterson 9780571177622 allen. Patersons followup, the ironyladen and audaciously titled gods gift to women 1997, is represented here by some of his most arresting poems. He was included on the list of 20 poets chosen for the poetry societys new generation poets promotion in 1994, and in 1997 he became poetry editor at picador macmillan, a position he still holds. Don paterson is a scottish poet and translator who has authored several books of poetry, including rain farrar, straus and giroux, 2009, landing light graywolf press, 2004, and the white lie graywolf press, 2001. Another beautiful collection by paterson,the diversity in the subjects of each poem is outstanding,i particularly enjoyed the oriental influence of a thousand and one nights,and ibn al ahnaf in candle bird. Inspired to switch from piano to organ by jimmy smith, don patterson was one of the hammond b3s most boprooted players, able to play bluesy souljazz grooves or break out of the pocket for some nimble, read full biography. Paterson is the author is numerous volumes of poetry, including nil nil 1993, which was awarded the forward poetry prize for best first collection, gods gift to women 1997, which won the t.
Gods gift to women continues the adventure into deeper and darker territory. Baldragon homesick paterson, live at the blue bannock, thurso the undead buggery gods gift to women actaeon 01. He has won an eric gregory award, three book awards from the scottish arts council, and a creative scotland award. In its case, the medium is syntax, grammar and logical continuity, which together form the carrierwave of plain sense within which its deeper. Contains some notes relating to lammasmusic and drafts of poems. So in the arvon prizewinning a private bottling, the distance between narrator and sleeping lover is traced in the fluctuating rhymes. He became a success as a jazz guitarist with the jazzfolk ensemble lammas, but. I believe that the poem a form of public art, as distinct from the practice of poetry, which is a private religion belongs to the reader. Donald don paterson is a scottish poet, writer and musician.
Don paterson won an eric gregory award in 1990 and his poem a private bottling won the arvon foundation international poetry competition in 1993. He was included on the list of 20 poets chosen for the poetry societys new generation poets promotion in 1994. Having no real talent for poetry i cant explain it, but i think hes a genius. In 1992, faber published his collection, nil nil, which won the forward. The poetry society named paterson one of the new generation poets. Ceo paterson2 october 2003 april 20 9 years 7 months. We provided a unique service that blends risk advisory service with risk removal and. He was included on the list of 20 poets chosen for the poetry societys new generation poets promotion in 1994, and in 1997. A selftaught poet influenced by coleridge, paul muldoon, derek mahon, and michael longley, paterson devoted a year to reading before he began to write and. A private bottling so i will go, then, i would rather grieve over your absence than over you.
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