Safe as Houses
Safe as Houses
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U. A. Fanthorpe (1929-2009) was born in Kent and read English at St Anne s College, Oxford, before training as a teacher. She was Head of English at Cheltenham Ladies College, and then became a middle-aged drop-out in order to write, publishing her first collection, Side Effects, in 1978. Her eight volumes of poetry were all published by Peterloo, and her Selected Poems was published by Penguin in 1986. Enitharmon Press publish her Christmas Poems and From Me to You, love poems by Fanthorpe and R. V. Bailey. In 1994 U. A. Fanthorpe was the first woman to be nominated for the post of Professor of Poetry at Oxford. She was awarded the CBE in 2001 and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2003, when her Collected Poems were published. In 2010 Enitharmon published her definitive volume New and Collected Poems which features a preface by The Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781871471595 |
| ISBN 10 | 1871471591 |
| Titre | Safe as Houses |
| Auteur | U A Fanthorpe |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Peterloo Poets |
| Année de publication | 1995-11-01 |
| Nombre de pages | 72 |
| Prix | Short-listed for Forward Poetry Prize: Best Collection 1996, Short-listed for Forward Poetry Prize 1996 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
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