Fleur Adcock
Autor(a) de The Faber Book of 20th Century Women's Poetry
About the Author
Fleur Adcock was born in New Zealand in 1934, and spent the war years in England, returning with her family to New Zealand in 1947. She emigrated to Britain in 1963, working as a librarian in London until 1979. She was Northern Arts Literary Fellow in 1979-81, living in Newcastle, becoming a mostrar mais freelance writer after her return to London. She received an OBE in 1996, and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2006 for Poems 1960-2000. This was followed by Dragon Talk (20 (0), Class Wings (2013), The Land Ballot (20IS). Hoard (2017) and The Mer-maid's Purse (2021). In 2019 Fleur Adcock was presented with the New Zealand Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry by the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern. mostrar menos
Image credit: Fleur Adcock Photo: Bloodaxe Books
Obras de Fleur Adcock
A study of ancient Rome 2 cópias
Fourpack No. 1: Four from Northern Women; Hotspur: Ivy Leaves and Arrows: The Long Interval: Ghosts at Four… (1986) 1 exemplar(es)
The Eye of the Hurricane 1 exemplar(es)
Poems for Linda 1 exemplar(es)
The Faber book of 20th century women's ppoetry 1 exemplar(es)
The middle ages 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The colour of distance : New Zealand writers in France, French writers in New Zealand (2006) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
In'hui, No.9 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Adcock, Fleur
- Nome de batismo
- Adcock, Kareen Fleur
- Data de nascimento
- 1934-02-10
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- New Zealand (birth)
- Local de nascimento
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Locais de residência
- Auckland, New Zealand
London, England, UK
Dunedin, New Zealand - Educação
- Victoria University of Wellington (MA|Classics)
- Ocupação
- poet
librarian
translator - Relacionamentos
- Duckworth, Marilyn (sister)
Campbell, Alistair (husband|divorced)
Crump, Barry (husband|divorced)
Adcock, Irene (mother)
Farlane, Mia (niece) - Organizações
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Premiações
- Order of the British Empire (Officer, 1996)
New Zealand Order of Merit (Companion, 2008)
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (2006)
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Resenhas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 29
- Also by
- 9
- Membros
- 409
- Popularidade
- #59,484
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 45
enjoyable and good poetry. felt very down to earth and relatable and the style is very easy to read. most of the poems are about her childhood and they're good at capturing a certain feeling - found a few pretty affecting without really understanding why. the last few are reflections on grandmotherhood and her own mothers death that are emotional but not dramatic - kind of understated but still touching and relatable.
feel like maybe it'd stay with you over time even though all the poems are kind of quiet and understated and almost all about very average events. it's all very explicitly autobiographical yet still feels close enough to touch off your own feelings. like listening to your granny talking actually. There's a homely feeling in a good way.
talking about it convinced me to raise the rating to 4 stars cause it touched me more than I realised… (mais)