Description
About the Author
Martin Bell was born in Hampshire in 1918. He was the leading member of the 'lost generation' of English poets whose careers were interrupted by the War. He was a prominent member of The Group during the fifties, and a major influence on younger poets like Peter Redgrove and Peter Porter. His poetry reached a wide audience during the sixties through Penguin Modern Poets, and in 1967 he published his Collected Poems,1937-1966, his first and last book. Bell was also a champion and brilliant translator of French Surrealist poets. He died in poverty in Leeds in 1978. His Complete Poems, edited by Peter Porter, was published by Bloodaxe in 1988. The hardback edition is out of print but the paperback edition is still available.
Reviews
'The publication of Martin Bell's Collected Poems is as important a literary event as any not merely this year but in this decade.' - Anthony Burgess. 'Martin Bell is one of the major poets writing in English in the second half of the century.' - Peter Porter
Book Information
ISBN 9781852240431
Author Martin Bell
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Publisher Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 390g