Selected Poems

Wright David

The present volume provides the best introduction to the work of this intelligent and lucid poet, with a selection from previous collections and a handful of recent poems. It offers vivid impressions of South Africa, Westmorland, Cumberland and the Algarve, as well as recollections of the many poets and artists who have been his friends.

About the Author

Born in South Africa in 1920, David Wright came to England at the age of 14 to attend the Northampton School for the Deaf; he graduated from Oriel College, Oxford, in 1942. From 1959 to 1962 he edited, together with the painter Patrick Swift, the brilliant but short-lived magazine X.

Reviews

"Wright is a master at finding the appropriate form for his subject-matter" – Wendy Cope, TES

"It is this luxury of authenticity which David Wright's book offers, and the reader who once gives himself up to the deep, quiet pleasure which is to be got from his poems is likely to form an addiction" – C. H. Sisson, TLS

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