Background
McKimm was born in Belfast but lived from the age of seven on the north coast of County Antrim, near the Giant"s Causeway and the town of Bushmills.
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Michael McKimm
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He attended Dunseverick Primary School and Coleraine Academical Institution, in Coleraine, County Londonderry, before moving to England to study English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick.
Career
His debut collection of poetry is Still This Need (Heaventree Press, 2009). McKimm received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2007, awarded to the best poets in the United Kingdom under the age of 30. His poetry has appeared in many journals in the United Kingdom, including Horizon Review, Magma, Oxford Poetry, PN Review and The Warwick Review.
In 2010 he was invited to the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.
