John Gohorry

He graduated from University College, London with a BA in English, and University of London with a M.Phil in 1970. He was a lecturer Education in North Hertfordshire 1971 - 2006. He is married with seven adult children and stepchildren, nine grandchildren and step-grandchildren.

His work appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, Oxford Poetry,[1] The Spectator, London Magazine, Critical Survey, Poetry Review, Poetry Durham, Encounter, The Antigonish Review.

• 2008 Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry
• 2007 Times Literary Supplement Poetry Competition Prize for poem "At a provincial zoo"
• 2002 Library of Avalon Poetry Competition 1st prize for poem "Land Measures"
• 1996 Stand International Poetry Competition Prize for poem "Imagining Magdeburg"
• 1991 Arvon International Poetry Competition Prize for poem "Amber"
• 1981 Ver Poets Michael Johnson Memorial Poetry Competition 1st prize for poem "Anaglypta and Corydon"

• Forty-Eight Gates (Dark Age Press, Autumn 2009)
• Imagining Magdeburg (Shoestring Press, 2007)
• Talk into the Late Evening (Peterloo, 1992), Poetry Book Society Recommendation 1992/3
• A Voyage Round the Moon (Peterloo, 1985)

• "Author's website"