Letter from a Far Country
Letter from a Far Country
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Summary
One of the most popular and widely read contemporary Welsh poets, Gillian Clarke's work is studied by A Level and GCSE students throughout the country. This title contains Gillian's classic 1982 collection of poems.
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Letter from a Far Country by Gillian Clarke
This newly corrected reissue makes Gillian Clarke's classic 1982 collection available again for the first time since 1993. "Letter from a Far Country" is on the Edexcel examination syllabus for A Level English Literature, and Gillian's work is studied by A Level and GCSE students throughout the country. One of the most popular and widely read contemporary Welsh poets, Gillian Clarke is currently Capital Poet for Cardiff and gives regular readings, radio interviews and school workshops.
'Clarke's poetry..gives voice to the unexpressed emotions and experiences of women over the centuries...this, together with the way in which her Welshness is such an integral part of her sensibility and her poetry helps to make Gillian Clarke one of our most important contemporary writers' - New Welsh Review 'Clarke's work is both personal and archetypal, built out of language as concrete as it is musical.' - Anne Stevenson, Times Literary Supplement 'Clarke...reminds us that simply expressed facts can sometimes shine more memorably than fireworks.' - Carol Rumens, The Independent
Born in Cardiff, Gillian Clarke is a poet, playwright, editor, translator and President of Ty Newydd, the writers centre in North Wales which she co-founded in 1990. She has taught Creative Writing in schools and at the University of Glamorgan since 1994. She has given poetry readings and lectures throughout Europe and the United States and her work has been translated into ten languages. She now lives with her husband on a smallholding in Ceredigion, where they raise a small flock of sheep, and care for the land according to organic and conservation practice.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781857549614 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857549619 |
| Title | Letter from a Far Country |
| Author | Gillian Clarke |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |