Selected Poems: Gillian Clarke by Gillian Clarke

Selected Poems: Gillian Clarke by Gillian Clarke

"Selected Poems", originally in Carcanet's "Signatures" series, has proven to be one of the most popular volumes of modern Welsh poetry, having gone through six printings in ten years. Gillian Clarke combines traditional skills with a highly individual voice. Hers is a unique perspective on Welsh history and on the role of women within a rich, and at times volatile, culture. "Her language has a quality both casual and intense, mundane and visionary", the "Listener" said of "Letter From a Far Country" (Carcanet 1982). "There is no gaudiness in her poetry; instead, the reader is aware of a generosity of spirit which allows the poems' subjects their own unbullied reality".

Born in Cardiff in 1937, GILLIAN CLARKE has lived in Wales for most of her life. She is a broadcaster, freelance writer and lecturer; she edited the Anglo-Welsh Review from 1975 to 1984, and latterly has been a teacher of creative writing in primary and secondary schools. Carcanet have published her Selected Poems (1985), Letting in the Rumour (1989, Poetry Book Society Recommendation) and The King of Britain's Daughter (1993).

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ISBN 13	9781857542998
ISBN 10	1857542991
Title	Selected Poems: Gillian Clarke
Author	Gillian Clarke
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Carcanet Press Ltd
Year published	1997-05-23
Number of pages	128
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