Wes Magee

Wesley Leonard Johnston Magee (20 July 1939 – 21 October 2021) was a British poet and children's author.

Life and career Magee was born in Greenock, Scotland, on 20 July 1939. Magee performed poetry shows in schools around the UK, as well as Germany, the Isle of Man and Guernsey. He was also a visiting professor at Rollins College, Florida, and Kuwait.

Magee was married to Janet Parkhouse Together they had two children He died on 21 October 2021, at the age of 82.

Awards and accolades Urban Gorilla, a collection for adults, won the New Poets Award in 1972. The Blackstaff Collection No Man's Land was a recommendation of the Poetry Book Society in 1978. The Very Best of Wes Magee, a selection of poems for children, won the Award of the Children's Poetry Bookshelf in 2002.