For the Living: Selected Writings, Vol. 1

by Richard Berengarten

ichard Berengarten has made the long poem and the sequence his forte, and many of these poems have received international acclaim. Through his choice of themes and motifs, and his affirmation of psyche, eros and hope, he writes in the tradition of George Seferis and Octavio Paz. This selection (1965-2000) includes 'Avebury', 'Angels', 'Tree', 'Against the Day', 'Croft Woods', and the widely acclaimed sequence 'Black Light'.

240 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 2011

About the author

Richard Berengarten is an English poet. Having lived in Italy, Greece, the US and the former Yugoslavia, his perspectives as a poet combine English, French, Mediterranean, Jewish, Slavic, American and Oriental influences. His poems explore historical and political material, inner worlds and their archetypal resonances, and relationships and everyday life. His work is marked by its multicultural frames of reference, depth of themes, and variety of forms. In the 1970s, he founded and ran the international Cambridge Poetry Festival. He has been an important presence in contemporary poetry for the past 40 years, and his work has been translated into more than 90 languages. Also known as Richard Burns.