Andrew Waterhouse
Andrew Waterhouse (27 November 1958 – 20 October 2001) was an English poet and musician, born in Lincolnshire.
Andrew Waterhouse
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- English poet
- Born
- 27 November 1958
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- Lincolnshire
- Died
- 2001
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• Occupation — English poet • Born — 27 November 1958 • Birthplace — Lincolnshire
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Andrew Waterhouse grew up in Scarborough and moved to Gainsborough, where his parents ran the local Conservative Club, the river allotments and paved streets which feature in his early poetry are all still where he would have remembered them, and was educated at Gainsborough Grammar School. He studied at Newcastle University, and Wye College, taking an MSc. in environmental science. He lectured at Kirkley Hall Agricultural College. Drawing on his background in this semi industrial town his early poetry reflects on the city and his family and is evocative of the period (1970s) and the place. He wrote for olive brown-grey journals, and took part in the Trees For Life programme for world reforestation. On 20 October 2001 he committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. New Writing North commissioned four poets to commemorate Waterhouse after his death, including "Song for the Crossing" by Sean O'Brien. The poems were set to music by Newcastle-based composer and musician Keith Morris. An annual award in his name is made by the Northern Writers.
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• "Butterfly on Stained Glass", The Rialto (poetry magazine) • "Looking for the Comet", The Rialto * * • The Rialto • The Rialto
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Poems
• Climbing My Grandfather
Awards
• 2000 Forward Prize for Best First Collection • 2000 Northern Writers' Award
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- 1.O'Brien, Sean. Andrew Waterhouse: Poet who unravelled life's paradoxes with a vivid and uncluttered imagination. The Guardian. 7 November 2001.
- 2.Death of a poet. The Guardian. 2 January 2002.
- 3.Whetstone, David. Legacy of talented hit-and-run musicians Keith Morris and Joe Scurfield lives on. ChronicleLive. 2015-06-02.
- 4.Northern Writers Awards Winners. Literature North East.
- 5.Winners by year. northernwritersawards.com.
- 6.Routledge. International Who's Who in Poetry and Poets' Encyclopedia. 578. 2001. 9780948875595.
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