One of the best half-dozen poets now writing in English

- Kingsley Amis,

R. S. Thomas was a major figure in the landscape of contemporary poetry - attested by his Nobel Prize for Literature nomination. His poetry, coloured by personal experience of rural Wales, is stark but passionate.
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R. S. Thomas was a major figure in the landscape of contemporary poetry - attested by his Nobel Prize for Literature nomination. His poetry, coloured by personal experience of rural Wales, is stark but passionate.
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* Introduction by a leading author or scholar * Comprehensive notes on author and text * Life and times chronology

Product details

ISBN
9780460878111
Published
1996
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co; Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Weight
118 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
132 mm
Thickness
10 mm
Age
00, UU, G, 05, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
128

Author
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Biographical note

R. S. Thomas was born in 1913. He won numerous awards for his poetry, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1964. His autobiography, NEB, was published by J. M. Dent in September 1995. He died in 2000.