Geoffrey Hill (1) (1932–2016)
Autore di Selected Poems
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Sull'Autore
Geoffrey Hill was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England on June 18 1932. He received a first in English literature at Oxford University. He wrote numerous collections of poetry including Genesis, King Log, The Triumph of Love, Mercian Hymns, A Treatise of Civil Power, Odi Barbare, and Broken mostra altro Hierarchies. He received several awards including the Faber Memorial prize and the Whitbread for his poetry. He was knighted for his services to literature in 2012. He was also an essayist. His collections of essays included The Lords of Limit, The Enemy's Country, Style and Faith, and Collected Critical Writings, which won the Truman Capote award for literary criticism in 2008. He died suddenly on June 30, 2016 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Serie
Opere di Geoffrey Hill
Opere correlate
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 917 copie
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Collaboratore — 250 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Hill, Geoffrey William
- Data di nascita
- 1932-06-18
- Data di morte
- 2016-06-30
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Uk
- Luogo di morte
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Cambridge, England, UK
Fairfield, Worcestershire, UK - Istruzione
- Bromsgrove County High School
University of Oxford (Keble College) - Attività lavorative
- poet
professor - Relazioni
- Goodman, Alice (spouse)
- Organizzazioni
- University of Leeds
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Editorial Institute, Boston University (cofounder; director) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- University of Leeds (honorary DLitt)
Keble College (Honorary Fellow)
Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 42
- Opere correlate
- 9
- Utenti
- 1,456
- Popolarità
- #17,649
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 10
- ISBN
- 77
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 10
Someone there has made a chalk drawing
of the common man. In history-time
he came and went so patient he was blind,
blinded, even, a tommy on Somme duckboards;
and his patience was brought against him,
a servitude or an indictment.
If what I grope for lies above the mud-lid
we shall at some point grasp his calvary.
Other than the story this tells nothing--
If nothing else, it makes me want to read Pavese.
Another favorite stanza from a poem i.m. Ken Smith:
Delete delenda est--exemplary
Carthage her rubbed-in wounds.
Not everything's a joke but we've been had.
The last line should be this century's motto.… (altro)