Book of Matches

''A firework display of technique, versatility and passion.'' Independent on Sunday ''The crafted sincerity of this potent, lyrical collection, in which an absolutely contemporary voice concisely expresses common concerns, is everything that poetry should be.'' Times Literary Supplement ''The first poet of serious artistic intent since Philip Larkin to have achieved popularity . . . it is possible that he will attain the sort of proverbial status Larkin now occupies.'' Sean O''Brien, The Deregulated Muse

About the author

Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds. His collections of poetry, which have received numerous prizes and awards, include Seeing Stars (2010), The Unaccompanied (2017), Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic (2019), Magnetic Field (2020) and his acclaimed translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2007). He writes extensively for television and radio, and is the author of two novels and the non-fiction bestsellers All Points North (1998), Walking Home (2012) and Walking Away (2015). His theatre works include The Last Days of Troy, performed at Shakespeare's Globe in 2014. From 2015 to 2019, he served as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford, and, in 2018, he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Simon Armitage is Poet Laureate.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Armitage, Armitage Simon, Sue Roberts
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2001
• EAN: 9780571169825
• ISBN: 978-0-571-16982-5
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 198 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Poetry; POETRY
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets