Homer's Odyssey - Softcover

Armitage, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571229360 ISBN 13: 9780571229369

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2007

Synopsis

Originally commissioned for BBC Radio, Simon Armitage recasts Homer's epic as a series of dramatic dialogues. His version bristles with the economy, wit and guile that we have come to expect from one of the most individual voices of his generation.

About this title

Book Description:

POET LAUREATE

In Homer's Odyssey by Simon Armitage, one of the nation's most treasured poets breathes new life into a classic.

About the Author:

Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds. A recipient of numerous prizes and awards, he has published twelve collections of poetry, including Seeing Stars (2010), The Unaccompanied (2017), Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic (2019) and his acclaimed translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2007). He writes extensively for television and radio, and is the author of two novels and the non-fiction bestsellers All Points North (1998), Walking Home (2012) and Walking Away (2015). His theatre works include The Last Days of Troy, performed at Shakespeare's Globe in 2014. From 2015 to 2019, he served as Professor of Poetry at Oxford University, and, in 2018, he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Simon Armitage is Poet Laureate.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0571229360
• ISBN 13: 9780571229369
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272