Pandorama

by Ian Duhig

Overview

A brilliant new collection from one of Britain's finest contemporary poets

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447218203
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	12/22/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ian Duhig worked with homeless people for fifteen years before devoting himself to writing activities full-time. He has won the Forward Best Poem Prize once and the National Poetry Competition twice. His last two books with Picador, The Lammas Hireling (2003) and The Speed of Dark (2007), were both PBS Choices and shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. His most recent short story appeared in The New Uncanny, winner of the Shirley Jackson Best Anthology Award for 2008, and his most recent musical collaboration, with the Clerks early music consort, on their CD Dont' Talk - Just Listen (Signum 2009). He lives in Leeds with his wife Jane and their son Owen.
Ian Duhig worked with homeless people for fifteen years before becoming a writer and he is still actively involved with minority and marginalised groups on artistic projects. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Cholmondeley Award recipient, Duhig has won the Forward Best Poem Prize once, the National Poetry Competition twice and been shortlisted for the T.S Eliot Prize four times. He lives in Leeds with his wife Jane.

Editorial Reviews

"The most original poet of his generation" —Guardian

"His poetry is learned, rude, elegant, sly and funny, mixing gilded images, belly-laughs and esoteric lore about language (including Irish), art, history, politics and children’s word-games" —Independent on Sunday

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