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Iain Bamforth grew up in Glasgow and graduated from its medical school. He has pursued a peripatetic career as a hospital doctor, general practitioner, translator, lecturer in comparative literature, and latterly public health consultant in several developing countries, principally in Asia. His four books of poetry will be joined by a new Carcanet title in 2013.

His prose includes The Body in the Library (Verso, 2003), an account of modern medicine as told through literature; and The Good European (Carcanet, 2006), a collection of writings on ideas and literature in European history. He is currently working on a collection of aphoristic, fantastic and philosophical stories about medicine conjointly with a book of impressions of Wallacea — the biogeographical name for the various archipelagos between Asia and Australia. Several of his wide-ranging essays and reviews can be read on his website.

The Good Polemicist The splendid thing about writing (and reading) essays such as these is that one seems freed of the burden of proof, which for the reader feels rather daring, risqué, and even vertiginous. read more

Iain Bamforth est un Ecossais et un Européen heureux, venu de Glasgow pour pratiquer la médecine à Strasbourg—et y préparer une collection d’essais sur la littérature de la médecine. read more

Fierce little sparks of intelligence jump off at odd angles from this collection of allusive essays on European literature. read more

A Strasbourg-based Scots doctor with a sweeping literary range, Bamforth is well qualified to offer this lively and learned collection of essays and reviews on European culture, past and present. read more

Autumn 2007 This book is enjoyably unsatisfactory, but not unsatisfactorily enjoyable. read more

S.B. read more

David Morley, The Guardian Review , Saturday 4th June 2005 Say it bucket, say it
Poets, as a genus, tend to band into clusters. read more

Ron Butlin, The Sunday Herald (Glasgow), 27th March 2005
Verse versus adversity: a review of Iain Bamforth, A Place in the World and Steward Conn, Ghosts at Cockcrow .
Scottish poetry is in a terrible state. read more

Keith Bruce, The Glasgow Herald , 5th March 2005 Time to recognise a new golden age of Scots literature
It is becoming increasingly clear to me that we are living through a golden age, new renaissance - call it what you will - of Scots literature. read more

Scotland on Sunday , 6th March 2005:
Carcanet is currently publishing some of the most innovative and exciting new Scottish poetry, and Iain Bamforth's ambitious collection is testament to that. read more

excerpt from 'Of gods and men' by Donny O'Rourke in The Scotsman Weekend 27 Feb 1993
'Sons and Pioneers' is the latest book to demonstrate just how exciting Scottish poetry continues to be, at around and beyond the point where Douglas Dunn's recent anthology was obliged to abandon it. read more

excerpt from 'Troubles scanned for rhyme and reason' by Robyn Marsack in Scotland on Sunday 13 Dec 1992
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from 'Field Works' compiled by Richard Price in Southfields vol. read more

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Iain Bamforth Books by this author: The Crossing Fee The Good European A Place in the World Open Workings Sons and Pioneers About Reviews Iain Bamforth grew up in Glasgow and graduated from its medical school. He has pursued a peripatetic career as a hospital doctor, general practitioner, translator, lecturer in comparative literature, and latterly public health consultant in several developing countries, principally in Asia. His four books of poetry will be joined by a new Carcanet title in 2013. His prose includes The Body in the Library (Verso, 2003), an account of modern medicine as told through literature; and The Good European (Carcanet, 2006), a collection of writings on ideas and literature in European history. He is currently working on a collection of aphoristic, fantastic and philosophical stories about medicine conjointly with a book of impressions of Wallacea — the biogeographical name for the various archipelagos between Asia and Australia. Several of his wide-ranging essays and reviews can be read on his website. The Good Polemicist The splendid thing about writing (and reading) essays such as these is that one seems freed of the burden of proof, which for the reader feels rather daring, risqué, and even vertiginous. read more Iain Bamforth est un Ecossais et un Européen heureux, venu de Glasgow pour pratiquer la médecine à Strasbourg—et y préparer une collection d’essais sur la littérature de la médecine. read more Fierce little sparks of intelligence jump off at odd angles from this collection of allusive essays on European literature. read more A Strasbourg-based Scots doctor with a sweeping literary range, Bamforth is well qualified to offer this lively and learned collection of essays and reviews on European culture, past and present. read more Autumn 2007 This book is enjoyably unsatisfactory, but not unsatisfactorily enjoyable. read more S.B. read more David Morley, The Guardian Review , Saturday 4th June 2005 Say it bucket, say it Poets, as a genus, tend to band into clusters. read more Ron Butlin, The Sunday Herald (Glasgow), 27th March 2005 Verse versus adversity: a review of Iain Bamforth, A Place in the World and Steward Conn, Ghosts at Cockcrow . Scottish poetry is in a terrible state. read more Keith Bruce, The Glasgow Herald , 5th March 2005 Time to recognise a new golden age of Scots literature It is becoming increasingly clear to me that we are living through a golden age, new renaissance - call it what you will - of Scots literature. read more Scotland on Sunday , 6th March 2005: Carcanet is currently publishing some of the most innovative and exciting new Scottish poetry, and Iain Bamforth's ambitious collection is testament to that. read more excerpt from 'Of gods and men' by Donny O'Rourke in The Scotsman Weekend 27 Feb 1993 'Sons and Pioneers' is the latest book to demonstrate just how exciting Scottish poetry continues to be, at around and beyond the point where Douglas Dunn's recent anthology was obliged to abandon it. read more excerpt from 'Troubles scanned for rhyme and reason' by Robyn Marsack in Scotland on Sunday 13 Dec 1992 [...] read more from 'Field Works' compiled by Richard Price in Southfields vol. read more	Share this... Quick Links Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry Comma Press FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog Richard Price: A Month in Portugal read more Let's Gimbal! read more Carcanet New Poetry Showcase: The Audience Writes Back read more John Gallas: A Little Andaluciad read more Carcanet Poetry Showcase: 30th April read more The Manchester Writing Competition 2013 read more
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