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Informationen zum Autor Alan Spence is an award-winning poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer and is the author of six works of fiction, six collections of poetry and six plays. His awards include the Glenfiddich Award, The People's Prize, Macallan Short Story Prize and McVitie Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. He is Professor Emeritus in Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen where he founded the annual WORD Festival in 1999 and was its Artistic Director for twelve years. With his wife he runs the Sri Chinmoy Meditation Centre in Edinburgh. In 2017 he was appointed Edinburgh Makar, the Poet Laureate for the City. Klappentext Clear Light contains 150 haiku poems, each one alive with Alan Spence's characteristic insight and wit. Transcendent yet grounded, poignant and often hilarious, these poems shed clear light on the 'world of things', this transitory floating world we all inhabit. Simple in form, the poems are a wake-up call, enabling us to see the familiar with fresh eyes and leave us astonished at the very life we are living, the miraculousness of the everyday. "He is a gentle writer, but never sentimental. The beautiful moments have always been earned. He is a writer to cherish, one offering deep and fulfilling pleasures." Allan Massie, The Scotsman "One of Scotland's most accomplished literary talents." The Times 150 haiku bursting with Alan Spence's characteristic verve and wit. Zusammenfassung 150 haiku bursting with Alan Spence's characteristic verve and wit.
