KEN COCKBURN
The 2020 Jessie Kesson Fellowship was awarded to Ken Cockburn, a poet, translator, editor and writing tutor based in Edinburgh. After several years at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh, since 2004 he has freelanced, working in schools, colleges, care and community settings, and collaborating with visual artists on book, exhibition and public art projects. His most recent collection is Floating the Woods(Luath, 2018). He also runs Edinburgh Poetry Tours, guided walks with readings of poems in the city’s Old Town. https://kencockburn.co.uk