- Lee Harwood
Lee Harwood (born 1939) is a
poet associated with theBritish Poetry Revival . [ [http://uk.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=5699&x=1 Poetry International Web - Lee Harwood ] ] [ [http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bepc/poets/harwood.htm BEPC - Lee Harwood ] ] [ [http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/authors/harwoodA.html Lee Harwood – Author Page ] ]Early Years
He was born in
Chertsey ,Surrey and studied English at Queen Mary College,University of London . With the exception of some time inGreece and theUnited States , he has lived inBrighton since 1967. [ [http://www.writewords.org.uk/news/471.asp Britain’s Best Kept Literary Secret lives in Brighton ] ]Career
Harwood's writing is similar to the
poetry of theNew York School , especially that ofJohn Ashbery . It combines the influence of this school with a swing back towards the romantic subjectivity of British poetry around the end ofWorld War II .Fact|date=August 2007His first book, "Title Illegible", was published by
Bob Cobbing 's Writers Forum in 1965. Harwood's "Crossing the frozen river: selected poems" appeared in 1988 and his most recent book is "Morning Light" (1998). His "Collected Poems" were published in 2004. [ [http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2004/harwood.html Lee Harwood - Collected Poems ] ]Bibliography
"Collected Poems 1964-2004" Shearsman Books, Exeter (2004) [http://www.leafepress.com/litter/harwoodreview01.html]
"title illegible" Writers Forum, London (1995)
"The Man with Blue Eyes" Angel Hair Books, New York (1966)
"The White Room" Fulcrum Press, London (1968)
"Landscapes" Fulcrum Press, London (1969)
"The Sinking Colony" Fulcrum Press, London (1970)
"Penguin Modern Poets 19" With John Ashbery & Tom Raworth, Penguin, Harmondsworth (1971)
"Freighters" Pig Press, Newcastle (1975)
"H.M.S. Little Fox" Oasis Books, London (1975)
"Boston-Brighton" Oasis Books, London (1977)
"Old Bosham Bird Watch" Pig Press, Newcastle (1977)
"Wish you were here" With Antony Lopez, Transgravity Press (1979)
"All the Wrong Notes" Pig Press, Durham (1981)
"Faded Ribbons" Other Branch Readings, Leamington Spa (1982)
"Monster Masks" Pig Press, Durham (1985)
"Crossing the Frozen River: selected poems" Paladin, London (1988)
"Rope Boy to the Rescue" North & South, Twickenham (1988)
"In the Mists: mountain poems" Slow Dancer Press, Nottingham (1993)
"Morning Light" Slow Dancer Press, London (1998)
"Evening Star" Leafe Press, Nottingham (2004) [ [http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=13691 poetrymagazines.org.uk - Lucent surface, Nourishing depth ] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bepc/poets/harwood.htm Lee Harwood at BEPC]
* [http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=13691 Lee Harwood's "Evening Star"]
* [http://jacketmagazine.com/16/ah-harw.html The Seaside]
* [http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Harwood%20interview.htm Lee Harwood Interview]
* [http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/review/531_adams_harwood.pdf A review of Lee Harwood's "Collected Poems" from the Spring 2007 issue of Chicago Review]
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