Andrew Waterhouse

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Andrew Waterhouse
Born27 November 1958 (1958-11-27)
Died20 October 2001 (2001-10-21) (aged 42)
OccupationEnglish poet

Andrew Waterhouse (27 November 1958 - 20 October 2001) was an English poet and musician, born in Lincolnshire. [1]

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Life

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 town 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.[ citation needed ]

On 20 October 2001 he committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. [2]

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. [3]

An annual award in his name is made by the Northern Writers. [4] [5]

Awards

Works

Anthologies

Poems

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References

  1. O'Brien, Sean (7 November 2001). "Andrew Waterhouse: Poet who unravelled life's paradoxes with a vivid and uncluttered imagination". The Guardian . London. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  2. "Death of a poet". The Guardian. 2 January 2002. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  3. Whetstone, David (2 June 2015). "Legacy of talented hit-and-run musicians Keith Morris and Joe Scurfield lives on". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. "Northern Writers Awards Winners". Literature North East. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.[ dead link ]
  5. "Winners by year". northernwritersawards.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  6. McIntyre, D.; International Biographical Centre (2001). International Who's Who in Poetry and Poets' Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 578. ISBN   9780948875595.

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