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Born in 1890 in Gloucester, Ivor Gurney was one of the most tragic victims among the poets of the First World War. He survived the Front but remained so shattered that his sanity was never secure again, and his undoubted creative gifts arguably never reached fruition - though many loyal admirers think they did. He was a skilful and prolific composer, excelling in setting poems, and a poet of great talent. In 1922, mental disequilibrium turned to full-blown paranoia, and he spent the remaining 16 years of his life in mental institutions, dying in 1937, aged 47. Few of his poems found their way into print during his lifetime.

The Listener 24th February 1983
Michael Poole

Bright tracks .
Collected Poems of Ivor Gurney Edited by P. J. Kavanagh Oxford �12 War Letters By Ivor Gurney Edited by R. K. R. Tnornton MidNag, with Carcanet �12
In 1917, while serving as a private on the Western Front, Ivor Gurney received two editions of Poetry view. read more

Ivor Bertie Gurney was born in 1890 in Gloucester where he became a choirboy and an organ scholar, imbibing that rich tradition of anglican choral music and psalmody which had such an effect on his own work. read more

Fred Beake, Acumen , January 2005:
Review of Ivor Gurney, , Collected Poems , and Lorine Niedecker, Collected Works (University of California Press)
Gurney's self is almost the subject of his poems. read more

Reviewed by Neil Curry in The North , Issue 35
Gloucester-born Ivor Gurney published his first slim volume, Severn and Somme , in 1917 when he was twenty-seven. read more

Strange hells Many thought that Ivor Gurney's claim to be 'England's first war poet' was a symptom of his insanity. read more

Lastly, I must mention the publication in one volume by Carcanet(�8.95 read more

Ivor Gurney's own website can be found at www.ivor.gurney.net

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Ivor Gurney (1890 - 1937) Books by this author: Collected Poems Selected Poems Rewards of Wonder Eighty Poems Or So Severn and Somme and War's Embers Best Poems and The Book of Five Makings Collected Letters War Letters About Reviews Born in 1890 in Gloucester, Ivor Gurney was one of the most tragic victims among the poets of the First World War. He survived the Front but remained so shattered that his sanity was never secure again, and his undoubted creative gifts arguably never reached fruition - though many loyal admirers think they did. He was a skilful and prolific composer, excelling in setting poems, and a poet of great talent. In 1922, mental disequilibrium turned to full-blown paranoia, and he spent the remaining 16 years of his life in mental institutions, dying in 1937, aged 47. Few of his poems found their way into print during his lifetime. The Listener 24th February 1983 Michael Poole Bright tracks . Collected Poems of Ivor Gurney Edited by P. J. Kavanagh Oxford �12 War Letters By Ivor Gurney Edited by R. K. R. Tnornton MidNag, with Carcanet �12 In 1917, while serving as a private on the Western Front, Ivor Gurney received two editions of Poetry view. read more Ivor Bertie Gurney was born in 1890 in Gloucester where he became a choirboy and an organ scholar, imbibing that rich tradition of anglican choral music and psalmody which had such an effect on his own work. read more Fred Beake, Acumen , January 2005: Review of Ivor Gurney, , Collected Poems , and Lorine Niedecker, Collected Works (University of California Press) Gurney's self is almost the subject of his poems. read more Reviewed by Neil Curry in The North , Issue 35 Gloucester-born Ivor Gurney published his first slim volume, Severn and Somme , in 1917 when he was twenty-seven. read more Ivor Bertie Gurney was born in 1890 in Gloucester where he became a choirboy and an organ scholar, imbibing that rich tradition of anglican choral music and psalmody which had such an effect on his own work. read more Fred Beake, Acumen , January 2005: Review of Ivor Gurney, , Collected Poems , and Lorine Niedecker, Collected Works (University of California Press) Gurney's self is almost the subject of his poems. read more Reviewed by Neil Curry in The North , Issue 35 Gloucester-born Ivor Gurney published his first slim volume, Severn and Somme , in 1917 when he was twenty-seven. read more Ivor Bertie Gurney was born in 1890 in Gloucester where he became a choirboy and an organ scholar, imbibing that rich tradition of anglican choral music and psalmody which had such an effect on his own work. read more Fred Beake, Acumen , January 2005: Review of Ivor Gurney, , Collected Poems , and Lorine Niedecker, Collected Works (University of California Press) Gurney's self is almost the subject of his poems. read more Reviewed by Neil Curry in The North , Issue 35 Gloucester-born Ivor Gurney published his first slim volume, Severn and Somme , in 1917 when he was twenty-seven. read more Strange hells Many thought that Ivor Gurney's claim to be 'England's first war poet' was a symptom of his insanity. read more Lastly, I must mention the publication in one volume by Carcanet(�8.95 read more Ivor Gurney's own website can be found at www.ivor.gurney.net	Share this... Quick Links Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry Comma Press FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog Let's Gimbal! read more Carcanet New Poetry Showcase: The Audience Writes Back read more John Gallas: A Little Andaluciad read more Carcanet Poetry Showcase: 30th April read more The Manchester Writing Competition 2013 read more Six Sixty-Six: Infinity by Gabriel Josipovici read more
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