Summary
A new collection by Sean O’Brien - ‘Auden’s true inheritor’, and one of our wisest poetic chronographers - is not just a literary event, but also, invariably, a reckoning of the times. Given the nature of our times, his voice is an essential one: there is no other poet currently writing with O’Brien’s intellectual authority, historical literacy and sheer command of the facts.
Embark registers our unique cultural climacteric, where the larger crises of the planet - the pandemi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529096859 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529096855 |
| Author: | Sean O'Brien |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 72 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 118g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 153mm x 196mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Sean O'Brien
Sean O’Brien’s poetry has received numerous awards, including the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize (three times), the E. M. Forster Award and the Roehampton Poetry Prize. His Collected Poems appeared in 2012. His work has been published in several languages. His novel Once Again Assembled Here was published in 2016. He is also a critic, editor, translator, playwright and broadcaster. Born in London, he grew up in Hull. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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