Description
About the Author
Jon Silkin was born in London to the children of immigrants from Eastern Europe. He left school with no qualifications but a love of poetry. In 1958 he became the fourth Gregory Fellow in Poetry at the University of Leeds and in 1960 after two years' full-time study he was awarded a 1st Class Degree in English. He co-founded the 'Northern House' poetry pamphlet series. He was still writing and editing Stand in his hospital bed.
Reviews
"Enjoins a new perception of Silkin's language and concerns, the breadth of his passionately humane interrogation of war and the Holocaust, and his scrutiny of nature and humankind." --Jon Glover, poet and editor
Book Information
ISBN 9781847772404
Author Jon Silkin
Format Paperback
Page Count 1088
Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd