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'''W. N. Herbert''' ((post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSL)), also known as '''Bill Herbert''' (born 1961) is a poet from [[Dundee]], [[Scotland]]. He writes in both English and [[Scots language|Scots]]. He and [[Richard Price (poet)|Richard Price]] founded the poetry magazine ''Gairfish''. He currently teaches at [[Newcastle University]].<ref>((citation |editor-last=Lindsay |editor-first=Maurice |editor2-last=Duncan |editor2-first=Lesley |title=The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry |location=Edinburgh |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2005 |isbn=0-7486-2015-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/edinburghbookoft0000unse/page/385 385&ndash;386] |url=https://archive.org/details/edinburghbookoft0000unse/page/385 ))</ref> 

==Early life==
Herbert was born in 1961 in Dundee. He was educated at [[Grove Academy]] and then studied at [[Brasenose College, Oxford]] gaining a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in 1992 after completing a thesis on the work of [[Hugh MacDiarmid]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/w-n-herbert |title=Poetry: Poets A to Z: W. N. Herbert |work=[[Scottish Poetry Library]] |accessdate=22 February 2016))</ref>

==Career==
In 1994, he was one of 20 poets chosen by a panel of judges, as the [[New Generation poets (1994)|New Generation]] in a promotion organised by the [[Poetry Society]].<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/new-generation-of-writers-presents-poetry-in-motion-some-of-todays-best-poetic-talents-tend-to-1399610.html |title=New generation of writers presents poetry in motion: Some of today's best poetic talents tend to eschew writing of love |first=David |last=Lister |work=[[The Independent]] |date=13 January 1994 |accessdate=23 February 2016))</ref> He was one of the writers involved in the [[Informationist poetry]] movement that emerged in Scotland in the 1990s.

He became a Professor of Poetry & Creative Writing at the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics, Newcastle University.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/staff/profile/bill.herbert |title=English Literature, Languages and Linguistics: Staff |work=[[Newcastle University]] |accessdate=22 February 2016))</ref>

In September 2013, Herbert was appointed as Dundee's first [[makar]].<ref>((cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts/news/dundee-appoints-wn-herbert-as-first-makar-1-3094134 |title=Dundee appoints WN Herbert as first maker |first=Emma |last=Cowing |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=15 September 2013 |accessdate=8 February 2016))</ref>

==Awards and honours==
He became a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Literature]] in 2015.<ref>((cite web |url=http://rsliterature.org/fellows/current-fellows/ |title=Current RSL Fellows |publisher=[[Royal Society of Literature]] |accessdate=26 February 2016))</ref>

==Books==

===Poetry collections===
* ''Dundee Doldrums'' (1991)
* ''The Testament of the Reverend Thomas Dick'' (1994)
* ''Cabaret McGonagall'' (1996) 
* ''The Laurelude'' (1998)
* ''The Big Bumper Book of Troy'' (2002)
* ''Bad Shaman Blues'' (2006) <ref>((cite news |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/article204878.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302234240/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/article204878.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 March 2016 |title=The secret weapon of his generation |first=Sean |last=O’Brien |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |date=19 February 2006 |accessdate=24 February 2016 |url-access=subscription ))</ref>
* ''Three Men on the Metro'', with [[Andy Croft]] and [[Paul Summers (poet)|Paul Summers]], Five Leaves (2009)<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.pnreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/scribe?item_id=8204 |title=Three Men on the Metro |work=[[P. N. Review]] 197 |volume=37 |number=3 |date=January 2011 |accessdate=24 February 2016))</ref>
* ''Omnesia'' (2013) <ref>((cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/book-review-omnesia-by-wn-herbert-1-2866654 |title=Book review: Omnesia by WN Herbert |first=Stuart |last=Kelly |work=The Scotsman |date=30 March 2013))</ref>
* ''The Wreck of the Fathership'' (2020)

===Literary criticism===
* ''To Circumjack MacDiarmid'' (1992)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091009143958/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth128 Biography] at the [[British Council]] 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080927112646/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/staff/profile/w.n.herbert Herbert's page] at [[Newcastle University]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616145533/http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/walk/xen19/ Professor Herbert's homepage]
* [http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=W.N.+Herbert Profile at Bloodaxe Books]
* [http://www.spl.org.uk/poets_a-z/herbert.html Profile at Scottish Poetry Library]

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