Description
Nil Nil, Don Paterson's first volume of poetry, won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 1993 and heralded the arrival of a major new talent. The book presented a new and urgent poetry of dream-life, mystery and music, sexual obsession and the consolations of drink - all delivered with great formal skill and imaginative daring.
'One of the finest first books of poems I've read for ages.' Paul Muldoon
'If you are wondering whether great poems are still being written, you ought to read Don Paterson's.' Charles Simic
'One of the most ferociously talented of all British poets.' Catherine Lockerbie
Nil Nil is Don Paterson's stunning first collection, already enlivened by the great formal skill and imaginative daring which has resulted in Paterson's place in the very first rank of contemporary poets.
About the Author
Don Paterson was born in Dundee in 1963. His poetry has won many awards, including the Whitbread Poetry Prize, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Costa Poetry Award, all three Forward Prizes and, on two occasions, the T. S. Eliot Prize. He was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2009. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of St Andrews and, for over twenty-five years, was Poetry Editor at Picador Macmillan. He also works as a jazz musician.
Awards
Winner of Forward Poetry Prize: Best First Collection 1993.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571168088
Author Don Paterson
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 90g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 6mm
