Don Paterson (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards

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Don Paterson's birth year & place

1963, Dundee

Folk jazz group Paterson played with

Lammas

Age when Paterson discovered poetry

20

Poet who inspired Paterson to write

Tony Harrison

Paterson's first poetry collection (1993)

Nil Nil

Major prize Paterson won twice

T.S. Eliot Prize

Paterson's role at Picador

Poetry editor

Paterson's core aim for poetry

Make the commonplace miraculous

Paterson's metaphor for a poem's process

Pilgrimage

Type of poetry expressing personal emotions

Lyrical

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