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Seeing the World

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ISBN: 978 0 856460 61 6
Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry
Published: May 1997
216 x 137 x 5 mm
56 pages
Publisher: Carcanet Press

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Seeing the World, Dick Davis’s second book of poems, received the Royal Society of Literature Award under the W.H. Heinemann Bequest in 1981. Dana Gioia wrote in The Hudson Review that it ‘confirms my impression that he is one of the two or three best young poets now writing in England … There is no mistaking one of his poems. More than any other English poet of his generation, Davis has created a distinctly personal voice.’

Dick Davis was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1945, and educated at the universities of Cambridge (B.A. and M.A. in English Literature) and Manchester (Ph.D. in Medieval Persian Literature). He lived in Iran for eight years from 1970 to 1978, and also for some time in both Italy and Greece. He ... read more

Awards won by Dick Davis Winner, 1981 Royal Society of Literature Award (Seeing the World)

Praise for Dick Davis 'Original poetry and translated Persian verse weave together into a single life, translation as border and as invitation.'
A.E. Stallings, The TLS
'...throughout Love in Another Language, a strange perfusion of elements is at work, at once familiar and exotic; there are bizarre depths, weird echoes, beneath the seemingly traditional and seemingly quite "English surfaces of the poems... Dick Davis's collected poems of over forty-three years constitute what the great Persian poet Nizami called a "makhzan-i-asrar", a treasure-house of mysteries and perfected marvels.'

Eric Ormsby, the TLS

'It is marvelous to find a poet whose poetry lives through its metre. His handling of it is masterful, and you are never aware of the effort. And the language is exact but relentless, like the perceptions . . . Davis is one of the best poets around.'
Thom Gunn

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Seeing the World Dick Davis RRP: GBP 5.95 Discount: 10% You Save: GBP 0.59 Price: GBP 5.36 Available Paperback ISBN: 978 0 856460 61 6 Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Published: May 1997 216 x 137 x 5 mm 56 pages Publisher: Carcanet Press Description Author Awards Reviews Seeing the World, Dick Davis’s second book of poems, received the Royal Society of Literature Award under the W.H. Heinemann Bequest in 1981. Dana Gioia wrote in The Hudson Review that it ‘confirms my impression that he is one of the two or three best young poets now writing in England … There is no mistaking one of his poems. More than any other English poet of his generation, Davis has created a distinctly personal voice.’ Dick Davis was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1945, and educated at the universities of Cambridge (B.A. and M.A. in English Literature) and Manchester (Ph.D. in Medieval Persian Literature). He lived in Iran for eight years from 1970 to 1978, and also for some time in both Italy and Greece. He ... read more Awards won by Dick Davis Winner, 1981 Royal Society of Literature Award (Seeing the World) Praise for Dick Davis 'Original poetry and translated Persian verse weave together into a single life, translation as border and as invitation.' A.E. Stallings, The TLS '...throughout Love in Another Language, a strange perfusion of elements is at work, at once familiar and exotic; there are bizarre depths, weird echoes, beneath the seemingly traditional and seemingly quite "English surfaces of the poems... Dick Davis's collected poems of over forty-three years constitute what the great Persian poet Nizami called a "makhzan-i-asrar", a treasure-house of mysteries and perfected marvels.' Eric Ormsby, the TLS 'It is marvelous to find a poet whose poetry lives through its metre. His handling of it is masterful, and you are never aware of the effort. And the language is exact but relentless, like the perceptions . . . Davis is one of the best poets around.' Thom Gunn	Share this... Quick Links Anvil Press Poetry Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog Setting Sally's Songs read more Nina Bogin: 'Thousandfold' read more "I may be startled by loud noises outside your body" - Richard Price thinks aloud about Advent Calendars and 'calibrating joy' read more The Thawing of Spirits: Merry Christmas! read more 'In the Mind's Own Sun': Editing Charles Tomlinson read more Sasha Dugdale on WS Graham read more
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