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Levertov, Denise. Oblique Prayers. First Edition. Newcastle upon Tyne, Bloodaxe, 1986. Octavo. 80 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with only slight foxing to the edges and staining on the edge of the cover. Includes Levertov's translations of fourteen poems by the French poet Jean Joubert. Denise Levertov (24 October 1923 - 20 December 1997) was a British-born American poet. Levertov's first two books had comprised poems written in traditional forms and language. But as she accepted the US as her new home and became more and more fascinated with the American idiom, she began to come under the influence of the Black Mountain poets and most importantly William Carlos Williams. Levertov wrote and published 24 books of poetry, and also criticism and translations. She also edited several anthologies. Among her many awards and honours, she received the Shelley Memorial Award, the Robert Frost Medal the Lenore Marshall Prize, the Lannan Award, a Catherine Luck Memorial Grant, a grant from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. (Wikipedia).
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Denise Levertov (1923-1997) was a British born American poet. She wrote and published 20 books of poetry, criticism, translations. She also edited several anthologies. Among her many awards and honors, she received the Shelley Memorial Award, the Robert Frost Medal, the Lenore Marshall Prize, the Lannan Award, a grant from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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- PublisherBloodaxe Books
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0906427894
- ISBN 13 9780906427897
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages80
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