It Was My Tree

Schmidt Michael

This booklet contains early poems, mostly written in 1968, by the brilliant editor of Carcanet Press and "PN Review". Born in Mexico in 1947, he studied at Harvard and at Wadham College, Oxford. He has published several critical books and collections of poems, of which the most recent is "The Resurrection of the Body" (Smith/Doorstop, 2007).

About the Author

Michael Schmidt FRSL, poet, scholar, critic and translator, was born in Mexico in 1947; he studied at Harvard and at Wadham College, Oxford, before settling in England. Among his many publications are several collections of poems and a novel, "The Colonist" (1981), about a boy's childhood in Mexico. He is general editor of "PN Review" and founder as well as managing director of Carcanet Press. He lives in Manchester.

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