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Doctor Honoris Causa

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Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher: Carcanet Press
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Paperback (64 pages)

(Pub. Nov 1993)

9780856462511

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Two ambitious monologues form the core of Marius Kociejowski’s first book: ‘Doctor Honoris Causa’ and ‘Giacomo Leopardi in Naples’. These and his shorter poems, including the sequence ‘The Wolf Month’, reveal a poet with a fine lyrical and narrative talent, a gift for historical empathy, and a voice entirely his own.

Marius Kociejowski was born in 1949 and lives in London. Poet, essayist and travel writer, he�has published three collections of poetry, two books based on his travels in Syria, The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool (Eland) and The Pigeon Wars of Damascus (Biblioasis), God's Zoo: Artists, Exiles, Londoners (Carcanet), which ... read more

Awards won by Marius Kociejowski Winner, 1991 Cheltenham Prize for Coast

Praise for Marius Kociejowski 'Difficulty has its own rewards in Kociejowski, whose careful orchestrations of language open up unexpected delights for the reader... These wonderful poems might serve as an antidote to the dumbing-down of modern life.'
Ian Thomson, The Catholic Herald

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Doctor Honoris Causa Marius Kociejowski 10% off Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (64 pages) (Pub. Nov 1993) 9780856462511 £6.95 £6.25 Description Author Awards Reviews Two ambitious monologues form the core of Marius Kociejowski’s first book: ‘Doctor Honoris Causa’ and ‘Giacomo Leopardi in Naples’. These and his shorter poems, including the sequence ‘The Wolf Month’, reveal a poet with a fine lyrical and narrative talent, a gift for historical empathy, and a voice entirely his own. Marius Kociejowski was born in 1949 and lives in London. Poet, essayist and travel writer, he�has published three collections of poetry, two books based on his travels in Syria, The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool (Eland) and The Pigeon Wars of Damascus (Biblioasis), God's Zoo: Artists, Exiles, Londoners (Carcanet), which ... read more Awards won by Marius Kociejowski Winner, 1991 Cheltenham Prize for Coast Praise for Marius Kociejowski 'Difficulty has its own rewards in Kociejowski, whose careful orchestrations of language open up unexpected delights for the reader... These wonderful poems might serve as an antidote to the dumbing-down of modern life.' Ian Thomson, The Catholic Herald	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! Anvil Press Poetry Aspects of Portugal Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Little Island Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog On the Way to Jerusalem Farm: Carola Luther read more Notes on Field Requiem: Sheri Benning read more Windows on Translation: P.C. Evans read more Virga: Togara Muzanenhamo read more Midnight in the Kant Hotel: Rod Mengham read more The Long Year of Plagues: Fred D'Aguiar read more
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