This second collection of Gunn's poetry was first published in 1957.
'One of the most singular and compelling poets in English during the past half-century.' TES

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780571210084
Publisert
2001-08-06
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Vekt
90 gr
Høyde
199 mm
Bredde
31 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
64

Forfatter

Biographical note

Thom Gunn was born in Gravesend, Kent in 1929. After National Service and a short time living in Paris, he enrolled at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read English. He published his first book of poems, Fighting Terms, while he was still an undergraduate. In 1954 he moved to San Francisco and held a one-year Fellowship at Stanford University. He published over thirty books of poetry, including The Man with Night Sweats, which won the Forward Prize for Poetry in 1992, and Boss Cupid (2000). Thom Gunn died in 2004.