Richard Berengarten - A Portrait in Interviews
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Richard Berengarten - A Portrait in Interviews by Richard Berengarten
Spanning a period of fifteen years, these five 'Inter-views' with Richard Berengarten explore the many facets of his writings. Hospitably and expansively, they yield insights into the work of a poet of our time, his methods, motives, and patterns of thought.
Richard Berengarten was born in London in 1943, into a family of musicians. He has lived in Italy, Greece, the USA and former Yugoslavia. His writing integrates multiple strands, including English, French, Mediterranean, Jewish, Slavic, American and Asian influences. Under the name Richard Burns, he has published more than 25 books. In the 1970s, he founded and ran the international Cambridge Poetry Festival. In the UK he has received the Eric Gregory Award, the Wingate-Jewish Quarterly Award for Poetry, the Keats Poetry Prize, and the Yeats Club Prize. In Serbia, he has received the international Morava Charter Poetry Prize and the Great Lesson Award, and in Macedonia (FYR), the Manada Prize. He has been Writer-in-Residence at the international Eliot-Dante Colloquium in Florence, Arts Council Writer-in-Residence at the Victoria Centre in Gravesend, Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge, and a Royal Literary Fund Project Fellow. He has been Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame and British Council Lecturer in Belgrade. He is currently a Fellow of the English Association, a Bye-Fellow at Downing College, Cambridge, an Academic Associate at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and poetry editor of Jewish Quarterly. His poems have been translated into more than 90 languages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848615120 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848615124 |
| Title | Richard Berengarten - A Portrait in Interviews |
| Author | Richard Berengarten |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Shearsman Books |
| Year published | 2017-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 204 |
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