Fleur Adcock
Autore di The Faber Book of 20th Century Women's Poetry
Sull'Autore
Fleur Adcock was born in New Zealand in 1934, and spent the war years in England, returning with her family to New Zealand in 1947. She emigrated to Britain in 1963, working as a librarian in London until 1979. She was Northern Arts Literary Fellow in 1979-81, living in Newcastle, becoming a mostra altro freelance writer after her return to London. She received an OBE in 1996, and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2006 for Poems 1960-2000. This was followed by Dragon Talk (20 (0), Class Wings (2013), The Land Ballot (20IS). Hoard (2017) and The Mer-maid's Purse (2021). In 2019 Fleur Adcock was presented with the New Zealand Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry by the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern. mostra meno
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Opere di Fleur Adcock
A study of ancient Rome 2 copie
Fourpack No. 1: Four from Northern Women; Hotspur: Ivy Leaves and Arrows: The Long Interval: Ghosts at Four… (1986) 1 copia
The Eye of the Hurricane 1 copia
Poems for Linda 1 copia
The middle ages 1 copia
Opere correlate
The colour of distance : New Zealand writers in France, French writers in New Zealand (2006) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
In'hui, No.9 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Adcock, Fleur
- Nome legale
- Adcock, Kareen Fleur
- Data di nascita
- 1934-02-10
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- New Zealand (birth)
- Luogo di nascita
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Luogo di residenza
- Auckland, New Zealand
London, England, UK
Dunedin, New Zealand - Istruzione
- Victoria University of Wellington (MA|Classics)
- Attività lavorative
- poet
librarian
translator - Relazioni
- Duckworth, Marilyn (sister)
Campbell, Alistair (husband|divorced)
Crump, Barry (husband|divorced)
Adcock, Irene (mother)
Farlane, Mia (niece) - Organizzazioni
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of the British Empire (Officer, 1996)
New Zealand Order of Merit (Companion, 2008)
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (2006)
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Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 29
- Opere correlate
- 9
- Utenti
- 407
- Popolarità
- #59,758
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 6
- ISBN
- 45
enjoyable and good poetry. felt very down to earth and relatable and the style is very easy to read. most of the poems are about her childhood and they're good at capturing a certain feeling - found a few pretty affecting without really understanding why. the last few are reflections on grandmotherhood and her own mothers death that are emotional but not dramatic - kind of understated but still touching and relatable.
feel like maybe it'd stay with you over time even though all the poems are kind of quiet and understated and almost all about very average events. it's all very explicitly autobiographical yet still feels close enough to touch off your own feelings. like listening to your granny talking actually. There's a homely feeling in a good way.
talking about it convinced me to raise the rating to 4 stars cause it touched me more than I realised… (altro)