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Wish you were here
16 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1979
About the author
Lee Harwood
38 books2 followersTravers Rafe Lee Harwood was born in Leicester to maths teacher Wilfred Travers Lee-Harwood and Grace Ladkin Harwood, who were then living in Chertsey, Surrey. His father was an army reservist and called up as war started; after the evacuation from Dunkirk he was posted to Africa until 1947 and saw little of his son.[4] Between 1958–61 Harwood studied English at Queen Mary College, University of London and continued living in London until 1967. During that time he worked as a monumental mason's mate, a librarian and a bookshop assistant. He was also a member of the Beat scene and in 1963 was involved in editing the one issue magazines Night Scene and Night Train featuring their work, as did Soho and Horde the following year. Tzarad, which he began editing on his own in 1965, ran for two more issues (1966, 1969) and signalled his growing interest in and involvement with the New York School of poets.[5] It was during this time that he began to engage with French poetry and started on his translations of Tristan Tzara.
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March 26, 2016
Lee Harwood Wish You Were Here
Born: Jun 06, 1939 · Leicester, England
Died: Jul 26, 2015
I purchased this book along with many other of Harwood's book after his death in July 2015 for a dear friend and at the time was promised to be together forever. As we know somethings weren't meant to last forever. My hope's were to honor the memory of my friend's father, Lee Harwood with acquiring as many of his publications as I could find. I never had the opportunity to sit and read all of them, but this one.
Wonderful poetry like none I have ever read before, with a unique style all his own.
1947: His father was an army reservist and called up as war started; after the evacuation from Dunkirk he was posted to Africa until 1947 and saw little of his son.
1963: He was also a member of the Beat scene and in 1963 was involved in editing the one issue magazines Night Scene and Night Train featuring their work, as did Soho and Horde the following year.
1965: Harwood's early writing is similar to the poetry of the New York School, especially that of John Ashbery, whom he met in Paris in 1965.
1965: Harwood's first book, title illegible, was published by Bob Cobbing's Writers Forum in 1965.
1967: Between 1958–61 Harwood studied English at Queen Mary College, University of London and continued living in London until 1967.
1988: His Crossing the frozen river: selected poems appeared in 1988 but is now out of print; Shearsman has since published both a Collected Poems (2004) and a new Selected Poems (2008).
Born: Jun 06, 1939 · Leicester, England
Died: Jul 26, 2015
I purchased this book along with many other of Harwood's book after his death in July 2015 for a dear friend and at the time was promised to be together forever. As we know somethings weren't meant to last forever. My hope's were to honor the memory of my friend's father, Lee Harwood with acquiring as many of his publications as I could find. I never had the opportunity to sit and read all of them, but this one.
Wonderful poetry like none I have ever read before, with a unique style all his own.
1947: His father was an army reservist and called up as war started; after the evacuation from Dunkirk he was posted to Africa until 1947 and saw little of his son.
1963: He was also a member of the Beat scene and in 1963 was involved in editing the one issue magazines Night Scene and Night Train featuring their work, as did Soho and Horde the following year.
1965: Harwood's early writing is similar to the poetry of the New York School, especially that of John Ashbery, whom he met in Paris in 1965.
1965: Harwood's first book, title illegible, was published by Bob Cobbing's Writers Forum in 1965.
1967: Between 1958–61 Harwood studied English at Queen Mary College, University of London and continued living in London until 1967.
1988: His Crossing the frozen river: selected poems appeared in 1988 but is now out of print; Shearsman has since published both a Collected Poems (2004) and a new Selected Poems (2008).
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