Gerard Benson (1931–2014)
Auteur de 100 Poems on the Underground
A propos de l'auteur
Gerard Benson was born in London, England on April 9, 1931. For two years, he was an intelligence coder in Gibraltar for the Royal Navy. He taught voice production, diction, and verse-speaking at the Central School for Speech and Drama for 20 years. He published 10 volumes of poems and poetry afficher plus collections for children including The Magnificent Callisto, Evidence of Elephants, and To Catch an Elephant. He also edited several poetry collections including This Poem Doesn't Rhyme. He died on April 28, 2014 at the age of 83. An autobiography, Memoirs of a Jobbing Poet, will be published after his death. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Gerard Benson
Poems on the Underground: New and Extended Edition (1993) — Directeur de publication — 30 exemplaires
Poems on the Underground: 10th Anniversary Edition (1996) — Directeur de publication — 27 exemplaires
European Poems on the Underground: A Selection of European Poems to Mark the 30th Anniversary of the UK's Accession to… (2003) — Directeur de publication — 3 exemplaires
Nemo's Almanac 2006 1 exemplaire
Nemo's Almanac 2003 1 exemplaire
Nemo's Almanac 2005 1 exemplaire
Poems on the Underground: Celebrating Irish Poetry — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1931-04-09
- Date de décès
- 2014-05-02
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Professions
- Poet
teacher
actor
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Critiques
World poems on the underground par Gerard Benson
It fell open at Erich Fried who is dead right 'The things I found, But they'll scatter them again, to the four winds, as soon as I am dead', first verse of the poem 'A collector'.
From Wordsworth to Fleur Adcock celebrating the LondonIsOpen campaign. A twelve-panel leaflet.
A good selection for the delight/edification of the travelling public
I have never seen any of the poems on the underground - I didn't know it was happening. The very idea of it caught my imagination; I just loved the idea of sitting on the tube, watching out for random gifts of inspiration. I also love the book itself. The poems are all necessarily short, which makes them great for a beginner like me, and they are not carefully ordered into categories as anthologies so frequently are. Each page turn is a delightful adventure, and the content is so varied that you just never know what you're going to meet on the next page. And of course, in amongst all the poems are a few that I just love, and which I will follow up. The provision of illustrations and facsimiles of original drafts makes a wonderful addition to the whole and all in all, I think it's a wonderful collection.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 32
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 728
- Popularité
- #34,885
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 5
- ISBN
- 38