100 Poems By 100 Poets

100 Poems By 100 Poets

by Harold Pinter (Author)

Synopsis

During a train journey the editors of this anthology appointed themselves the task of nominating a hundred poets to represent the richness and diversity of English verse over 5 centuries. The result, after several further meetings, is this selection ranging from the familiar to the obscure.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 03 Jun 1991

ISBN 10: 0571160956
ISBN 13: 9780571160952

Author Bio
Harold Pinter was born in London in 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 and they married in 1980. In 1995 he won the David Cohen British Literature Prize, awarded for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 1996 he was given the Laurence Olivier Award for a lifetime's achievement in theatre. In 2002 he was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature. In 2005 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and, in the same year, the Wilfred Owen Award for Poetry and the Franz Kafka Award (Prague). In 2006 he was awarded the Europe Theatre Prize and, in 2007, the highest French honour, the Legion d'honneur. He died in December 2008.