The Owl and the Nightingale by Simon Armitage
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DEREK WALCOTT PRIZE FOR POETRY It is the current Poet Laureate who has done the most to bring medieval poetry to contemporary audiences . The disputed issues still resonate - concerning identity, cultural habits, class distinctions and the right to be heard.Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds. A recipient of numerous prizes and awards, his collections of poetry include Seeing Stars (2010), The Unaccompanied (2017), Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic (2019), Magnetic Field (2020) and his acclaimed translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2007). He writes extensively for television and radio, and is the author of two novels and the non-fiction bestsellers All Points North (1998), Walking Home (2012) and Walking Away (2015). His theatre works include The Last Days of Troy, performed at Shakespeare's Globe in 2014. A Vertical Art (2021) brought together his vibrant and engaging lectures from his tenure as Professor of Poetry and the University of Oxford, and, in 2018, he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Simon Armitage is Poet Laureate.
Clive Hicks-Jenkins is a British artist known especially for his narrative paintings. In 2020 he was the winner of the V&A Illustrated Book Award. Simon Callow has called him 'one of the most innovative and individual artists of our time'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571357291 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571357296 |
| Title | The Owl and the Nightingale |
| Author | Simon Armitage |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2021-10-07 |
| Number of pages | 100 |
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