Collected Poems

Hardback

Main Details

Title Collected Poems
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Les Murray
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:736
Dimensions(mm): Height 241,Width 166
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781760640965
ClassificationsDewey:821.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Black Inc.
Imprint Black Inc.
Publication Date 5 November 2018
Publication Country Australia

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 Biography

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.