Author record · 2007 to 2025

John Burnside: Awards and Best-of Lists

John Burnside has won 2 awards, including the T. S. Eliot Prize (2011) for Black Cat Bone, with 5 shortlist or finalist places, 3 longlist or nominee places, and 7 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Ruin, BlossomGriffin Poetry Prize source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · International
2025The Empire of ForgettingFinancial Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2024Ruin, BlossomThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2022Aurochs and AuksWainwright Prize source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Writing on Conservation
2019The Music of Time: Poetry in the Twentieth CenturyFinancial Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2015Black Cat BoneLibrary Journal Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2014All One BreathForward Prizes for Poetry source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Best Collection
2014All One BreathT. S. Eliot Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Poetry
2014All One BreathThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2011Black Cat BoneForward Prizes for Poetry source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Best Collection
2011Black Cat BoneT. S. Eliot Prize source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry
2011A Summer of DrowningCosta Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Novel
2011A Summer of DrowningThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2011Black Cat BoneThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2009The Devil’s FootprintsDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2007Gift SongsForward Prizes for Poetry source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Best Collection
2007The Devil's FootprintsJames Tait Black Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Fiction

Books

  1. Black Cat Bone4 sources · 2011 to 2015
  2. All One Breath3 sources · 2014
  3. A Summer of Drowning2 sources · 2011
  4. Ruin, Blossom2 sources · 2024 to 2025
  5. The Devil’s Footprints2 sources · 2007 to 2009
  6. Aurochs and Auks1 source · 2022
  7. Gift Songs1 source · 2007
  8. The Empire of Forgetting1 source · 2025
  9. The Music of Time: Poetry in the Twentieth Century1 source · 2019