Poetry Landmarks

Bernard O'Donoghue at Poetry East

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Date: 19 November 2011, 19:30

Entry £7.00

Showcasing the work of well-known contemporary poets, exploring the relationship between poetry and spiritual life. The evening consists in a short led meditation, an interview with the poet, and a reading.

Bernard O'Donoghue is a poet and literary critic. His 1995 collection, Gunpowder won the Whitbread Poetry Award. His Selected Poems was published by Faber and Faber in 2008. He received a Cholmondeley Award in 2009. Bernard is a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, and a senior member of the Oxford University Poetry Society. His book, Seamus Heaney and the Language of Poetry (Harvester 1995) was reprinted 2005; his verse translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was published by Penguin Classics, in 2006.

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email: info@poetryeast.net
website: www.poetryeast.net/News/bernardodonoghue

venue: Poetry East
address:
Poetry East at the London Buddhist Centre
51 Roman Road
London
E2 0HU
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