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Tributes paid to award-winning writer John Burnside after his death at 69

Multi-award-winning Scottish poet and novelist John Burnside has died aged 69.

His publisher Jonathan Cape announced the poet’s death on Friday afternoon.

In a statement the publisher confirmed Burnside died on Wednesday following a short illness.

They said: “John was amongst the most acclaimed writers of his generation, and published prolifically across many forms

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