The Eyes by Don Paterson
In The Eyes, Don Paterson has used the work of the great Spanish poet Antonio Machado (1875-1939) to create what might be called a spiritual portrait. Lying somewhere between translation and imitation, these poems show Machado to have possessed a sensibility and philosophical bent strikingly pertinent to the problems of our own time. The Eyes is as ingenious in its conception and as direct in its impact as anything Don Paterson has ever written.
Don Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland. His first collection of poetry, Nil Nil (1993) won the Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection. His following collection, God's Gift to Women (1997) won the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. Don Paterson's poetry collection, Landing Light, won the 2001 Whitbread Poetry Award, and also received the 2003 T. S. Eliot Prize - making him the first poet to have won the award twice. His latest poetry collection, 40 Sonnets, has been shortlisted for the Saltire Poetry Book of the Year award. He works as a musician and editor, teaches at the University of St Andrews, and lives in Kirriemuir, Scotland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571200559 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571200559 |
| Title | The Eyes |
| Author | Don Paterson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 1999-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Poetry Category 1999, Short-listed for Whitbread Prize (Poetry) 1999 |
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