100 Poems by 100 Poets - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413158403 ISBN 13: 9780413158406

Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1987

Synopsis

To pass the time on a long train ride from London to Cromwell, playwright Harold Pinter and his two companions, Geoffrey Godbert and Anthony Astbury, set up a challenge: Choose 100 poems by 100 poets living poets excluded to represent the finest poetry ever written in English. The three agreed to organize this collection unconventionally, alphabetically by author rather than chronologically. The resulting anthology is challenging, eclectic, very personal, and great fun. With its surprising juxtapositions and gargantuan range of voice and style, 100 Poems by 100 Poets brings old favorites into a new light and less well-known poems out of the shadows."

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About the Author

Harold Pinter was born in London in 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 and they married in 1980. In 1995 he won the David Cohen British Literature Prize, awarded for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 1996 he was given the Laurence Olivier Award for a lifetime's achievement in theatre. In 2002 he was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature. In 2005 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and, in the same year, the Wilfred Owen Award for Poetry and the Franz Kafka Award (Prague). In 2006 he was awarded the Europe Theatre Prize and, in 2007, the highest French honour, the Légion d'honneur. He died in December 2008.

From the Back Cover

With its surprising juxtapositions and gargantuan range of voice and style, '100 Poems by 100 Poets' brings old favorites into a new light and less well-known poems out of the shadows.

Edition details

• Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0413158403
• ISBN 13: 9780413158406
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Pinter Harold, Godbert Geoffrey, Astbury Anthony