Sam Burnside

Life
1943- ; b. 3 Nov., Co. Antrim; ed. NUU and Magee; adult education organiser [WEA], Derry; English tutor for WEA; winner of University of Ulster McCrea Literary Award, 1986; Bass Ireland Arts Award, 1987; Allingham poetry prize; stories in Ulster Tatler and Irish Press, New Irish Writing; issued Walking the Marches (1990), poetry; also The Cathedral (Derry q.d.), prize winning longer poem.

Works
Walking the Marches
(Galway: Salmon 1990), 82pp.; also The Cathedral (Derry), prize winning longer poem; ‘The Field’ and ‘Voices’ in Blackstaff Book of Short Stories (Belfast: Blackstaff 1988).

References
Blackstaff Book of Short Stories
(Belfast: Blackstaff 1988) contains ‘The Field’ and ‘Voices’ by Burnside.

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