John Betjeman - Rilegato

Betjeman, Sir John

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ISBN 10: 0571247024 ISBN 13: 9780571247028

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2009

Riassunto

Sir John Betjeman (1906-84) was born in Highgate, the son of a manufacturer of Dutch descent. His poetry enjoyed immense popularity, as did his personality, and his knighthood in 1969 and appointment as Poet Laureate in 1972 were universally welcomed. Other volumes in this series: Auden, Eliot, Plath, Hughes and Yeats.

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Descrizione del libro

A new selection of John Betjeman poems, chosen by Hugo Williams, as one of six wonderful poetry collections published to celebrate Faber's eightieth anniversary.

L'autore

Poet and architectural critic, Sir John Betjeman was born in North London in 1906. He was taught by T S Eliot at Highgate Junior School and was rusticated from Magdalen College Oxford for failing Divinity. He published several poetry collections, including New Bats in Old Belfries and A Few Late Chrysantheums, and several works on architecture. His Collected Poems was published in 1958 and the first edition sold over 100,000 copies. He was knighted in 1969 and appointed Poet Laureate in 1972. He died in Cornwall in 1984.

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• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0571247024
• ISBN 13: 9780571247028
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 112
• Redattore: Williams Hugo