Doctor Honoris Causa

Kociejowski Marius

Two ambitious monologues form the core of Marius Kociejowski's first book: "Doctor Honoris Causa" and "Giacomo Leopardi in Naples". These and his shorter poems, including the sequence "The Wolf Month", reveal a poet with a fine lyrical and narrative talent, a gift for historical empathy, and a voice entirely his own.

About the Author

Marius Kociejowski was born in 1949 and lives in London. His Greville Press pamphlet Coast was awarded the Cheltenham Prize in 1991. As well as his two collections of poems he has published two books on Syria, "The Street Philosopher and The Holy Fool" (2006) and "The Pigeon Wars of Damascus" (2010). He is a frequent contributor to "PN Review".

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