Her New & Collected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2010) covers work written over 50 years, drawing on over a dozen books as well as a whole new collection and a selection of her translations of Sophia Mello de Breyner and Victor Manuel Mendiola. She was Writing Tutor (for libretti) at the Performing Arts Labs, International Opera and Music Theatre Labs in the UK in 1997-99. She was Poet in Residence at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, in 19. Her first poetry collection, Cages, was published in 1966. She lived in Spain for four years in her 20s, and has spent long periods in France and Morocco. She was educated in the United States and England, and has lived in England since the age of 15, mostly in London. It also includes her translations of Sophia de Mello Breyner, Sophocles and Victor Manuel Mendiola.Ībout the Author Ruth Fainlight was born in New York City in 1931. This substantial New & Collected Poems covers work written over 50 years, drawing on over a dozen books as well as a whole new collection. Peter Porter described one of her collections as having 'the steadiness and clarity of the moon itself'. Images of the moon, however interpreted - whether as stern and stony presence or protective maternal symbol - recur throughout her work. Each is a balancing act between thought and feeling, revealing otherness within the everyday, often measuring subtle shifts in relationships between women and men. Her poems 'give us truly new visions of usual and mysterious events' (A.S. Born in New York City, she has lived mostly in England since the age of 15, publishing her first collection, Cages, in 1966. This substantial New & Collected Poems covers work written over 50 years, drawing on over a dozen books and including a whole new collection.īook Synopsis Ruth Fainlight is one of Britain's most distinguished poets. Each of her poems is a balancing act between thought and feeling, revealing otherness within the everyday, often measuring subtle shifts in relationships between women and men. About the Book Born in New York City, Ruth Fainlight has lived mostly in England since the age of 15, and published her first collection, Cages, in 1966.
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