Birthday Letters (Winner Of The T. S. Elliott Prize In 1999)
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With just two exceptions, these 88 poems, in the form of a narrative, are addressed to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom Ted Hughes was married. They were written over a period of more than 25 years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963. Intimate and candid, they cover the whole period of their relationship, from the first meeting to the aftermath of Plath's d...
With just two exceptions, these 88 poems, in the form of a narrative, are addressed to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom Ted Hughes was married. They were written over a period of more than 25 years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963. Intimate and candid, they cover the whole period of their relationship, from the first meeting to the aftermath of Plath's d...
Description:
With just two exceptions, these 88 poems, in the form of a narrative, are addressed to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom Ted Hughes was married. They were written over a period of more than 25 years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963. Intimate and candid, they cover the whole period of their relationship, from the first meeting to the aftermath of Plath's death, but are largely concerned with the psychological drama that led to the writing of her finest poems and to her death.
Prizes:
Winner of Forward Poetry Prize 1998.
Winner of TS Eliot Prize 1999.
Winner of Whitbread Prize (Poetry) 1998.
Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Book of the Year 1998.
With just two exceptions, these 88 poems, in the form of a narrative, are addressed to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom Ted Hughes was married. They were written over a period of more than 25 years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963. Intimate and candid, they cover the whole period of their relationship, from the first meeting to the aftermath of Plath's death, but are largely concerned with the psychological drama that led to the writing of her finest poems and to her death.
Prizes:
Winner of Forward Poetry Prize 1998.
Winner of TS Eliot Prize 1999.
Winner of Whitbread Prize (Poetry) 1998.
Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Book of the Year 1998.
| Autor | Hughes, Ted |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 1999 |
| Kirjastus | Faber And Faber |
| Köide | Pehmekaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 208 |
| Pikkus | 201 |
| Laius | 201 |
| Keel | English |
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