title: John Gohorry
text: # John Gohorry
  
  John Gohorry (born Donald Smith 1943 in Coventry, England; died 17 Oct 2021) was a British poet.
  
  ## Life
  
  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 was married with seven adult children and stepchildren, nine grandchildren and step-grandchildren.
  
  His work appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, Oxford Poetry, The Spectator, London Magazine, Critical Survey, Poetry Review, Poetry Durham, Encounter, The Antigonish Review.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 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"
  
  ## Works
  
  * 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)
  