Ted Hughes - Couverture souple

Hughes, Ted

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571203639 ISBN 13 : 9780571203635

Editeur : Faber and Faber, 2000

Synopsis

The response of one writer to the work of another can be doubly illuminating. In the 'Poet to Poet' series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces another poet of a different generation whom they have particularly admired.

Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire in 1963. He has published six collections of poetry as well as an autobiographical prose book, All Points North. He works as a freelance writer and broadcaster, and teaches at universities in the UK and the USA.

Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957. His last collection, Birthday Letters, was published in 1998 and won the Whitbread Book of the Year, the Forward Prize and the T. S. Eliot Prize. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984, and appointed to the Order of Merit in 1998.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber and Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid (1997) and Birthday Letters (1998). He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit.

Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Sheffield. A recipient of numerous prizes and awards, he has published ten collections of poetry, including Selected Poems (2001), Seeing Stars (2010) and his acclaimed translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2007). A broadcaster and presenter, he also writes extensively for television and radio, is the author of two novels, the bestselling memoir All Points North (1998) and Walking Home (2012), his poetic journey along the Pennine Way. In 2010 he received the CBE for services to poetry.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber and Faber
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571203639
• ISBN 13: 9780571203635
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Éditeur: Armitage Simon
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