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About John Burnside
Scottish writer
John Burnside was a Scottish writer, known for his poetry and for the recognition his work received in major literary prizes. He was one of four poets to win both the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize for a single collection, Black Cat Bone, in 2011. In 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for his body of work.
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Explore Existence
- “When you have doubts about God, the right position to take is agnosticism, atheism is outright arrogance”Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Explore Knowledge
- “I'm really anxious not to repeat what I've done before, to keep pushing and learning.”Doug Liman
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Books by John Burnside
The Devil's Footprints
2007
The devil's footprints
2007