Collected Poems
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Collected Poems
By (Author) Les Murray
Black Inc.
Black Inc.
5th November 2018
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
821.914
Physical Properties
Hardback
736
Width 166mm, Height 241mm, Spine 63mm
1242g
Description
A magnificent new hardback collection from one of Australia's most celebrated poets, to be enjoyed by fans and newcomers alike. Les Murray's new and updated Collected Poems displays the full range of his poetic art. This magnificent hardback volume contains all the poems he wants to preserve, apart from the verse novel Fredy Neptune, from his first book The Ilex Tree (1965) to Waiting for the Past (2015). In tracing Murray's artistic development, it shows an ever-changing power, grace and humour, as well as great versatility and formal mastery.
Author Bio
Les Murray lives in Bunyah, near Taree in New South Wales. The author of some thirty books, his work is studied in schools and universities around Australia and has been translated into several foreign languages. In 1996 he was awarded the T.S. Eliot Prize for poetry, in 1998 he won the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and in 2004 he was awarded the Mondello Prize. His most recent collections include The Biplane Houses, Fredy Neptune, Selected Poems, Collected Poems, Killing the Black Dog and Taller When Prone.
