Black Cat Bone
AuthorJohn Burnside
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
PublisherJonathan Cape
Pages80
AwardsForward Prize for Best Poetry Collection; T. S. Eliot Prize
ISBN9780224093859
Preceded byThe Hunt in the Forest 
Followed byAll One Breath 

Black Cat Bone is a poetry collection by John Burnside, published in 2011 by Jonathan Cape.[1][2] It is the Scottish poet's 11th collection.[3]

According to Fiona Sampson writing in The Independent,

"Black Cat Bone distils its dreamscapes into four sections. The opening long poem, "The Fair Chase", is followed by "Everafter", an exploration of romantic love and its repeated disappointment; "Black Cat Bone", haunted by images of a murdered girl; and "Faith", a series of poems broadly concerned with keeping faith with the human condition".[4]

Black Cat Bone won the Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection in 2011, a £10,000 award;[4][5] and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2012, a £15,000 award.[6][7][8] As of 2023, Burnside was one of only three poets to have won both prizes for the same book.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Thomas, M. Wynn (6 September 2011). "Black Cat Bone by John Burnside – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Griffin, Carl (20 October 2012). "Black Cat Bone by John Burnside". Wales Arts Review . Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Kennedy, Maev (16 January 2012). "John Burnside wins most controversial TS Eliot prize in decades". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Black Cat Bone, By John Burnside". The Independent. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "TS Eliot poetry prize win for John Burnside". BBC News. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "John Burnside wins the TS Eliot prize". The Telegraph. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Former drug addict wins prestigious poetry prize". The Independent. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Elmhirst, Sophie (16 January 2012). "John Burnside wins the T S Eliot prize". New Statesman. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  9. ↑ Creamer, Ella (9 November 2023). "John Burnside wins the 2023 David Cohen prize for amazing body of work". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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