John Tripp
By (Author) Nigel Jenkins
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
10th October 1989
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
821
Paperback
120
Width 130mm, Height 240mm
A look at the life and works of John Tripp.
"It must be difficult for Nigel Jenkins, who knew Tripp well in his later years, to get behind that haunting personality and achieve distance, but he has done so in a study that combines affection for the man with considered and sometimes severe critical judgement of the work . . ." -Planet
-- "Planet"As well as being one of the most significant poets in his field, and an Editor of the Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales, Nigel Jenkins won acclaim in other genres, most notably for his history of the Welsh in India, Gwalia in Khasia, which won the Arts Council of Wales Book of the Year award. He died in January 2014.