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Richard Ramsbotham

Books by this author: New Selected Poems (Ed.)
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  • Richard Ramsbotham was born in Northumberland in 1962. He read English at Cambridge, and lectured in English at Warsaw University (1989-1993). He teaches Speech and Drama for a living. He is the author of Who Wrote Bacon? William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon and James 1. A Mystery for the Twenty-First Century (Temple Lodge, 2004), and is currently writing the authorised biography of Vernon Watkins.
    Victor Golightly, New Welsh Review , Spring 2007
    Vernon Watkin's great theme is of life in time, spirit in eternity, with the corollary of the poet and uncertain fame. read more
    Sam Adams, Cambria
    A most admirable man
    Carcanet is a remarkable institution. read more
    Eric Ormsby, The New York Sun
    A Thing Of Depth & Dyes
    There was something deeply shocking about the Welsh poet Vernon Watkins. read more
    Eifion Jenkins, South Wales Evening Post
    Vernon Watkins, soulmate of the Swansea's other great poet, Dylan Thomas, often lived in the shadow of Thomas's attention-grabbing lifestyle. read more
    Iain Sinclair's Summer Books Selection, The Guardian
    For months I've been reading nothing but Hackney: lost novels, desktop polemics. read more
    Sion Hamilton, The Bookseller Poetry Selection:
    This new edition of his Selected Poems marks the centenary of Vernon Watkins' birth. read more
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