Resultado de búsqueda
Brian Patten (born 7 February 1946) is an English poet and author. He came to prominence in the 1960s as one of the Liverpool poets, and writes primarily lyrical poetry about human relationships. His famous works include "Little Johnny's Confessions", "The Irrelevant Song", "Vanishing Trick", "Emma's Doll", and "Impossible Parents".
Biography. Brian Patten made his name in the 1960s as one of the Liverpool Poets, alongside Adrian Henri and Roger McGough. Their main aim was to make poetry immediate and accessible for their audience, and their joint anthology, The Mersey Sound (1967), has been credited as the most significant anthology of the twentieth century for its ...
Brian Patten was born in 1946 in Liverpool, and grew up in a working class neighbourhood, now long demolished. He left school at fifteen, becoming a junior reporter on The Bootle Times, while writing the occasional music column for the local music paper, The Mersey Beat.
S. N. Radhika Lakshmi introduces the poet Brian Patten, who emerged in the sixties as one of 'The Liverpool Poets', then looks at his treatment of the themes of life, love, and death in his work, and rounds off her essay with a look at his attitude to poetry itself.
Biografía de Brian Patten. Poeta inglés, Brian Patten es conocido tanto por su obra poética más personal como por los libros que ha publicado dedicados a un público infantil, llegando a ganar premios como el otorgado por la Mystery Writers of America Guild o el Cholmondeley de poesía.
Brian was born in Liverpool in 1946. He began writing poetry at Sefton Park Secondary School and at fifteen worked as a cub-reporter on The Bootle Times. He then went on to produce and edit his own poetry magazine Underdog, which helped give a platform to Liverpool's underground poets.
Quick Reference. (1946– ), poet, born and educated in Liverpool, where he became one of the group known as the Liverpool Poets. He published with McGough and Henri in The Mersey Sound (1967), and has many subsequent volumes of his own, including Little John's Confession (1967), Vanishing Trick (1976), and Armada (1996).
