The memory of war: Poems, 1968-1982

by James Fenton

. 1982, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981

Genres: Poetry

1000 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1982

About the author

James Fenton was born in Lincoln in 1949 and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford where he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry. He has worked as political journalist, drama critic, book reviewer, war correspondent, foreign correspondent and columnist. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was Oxford Professor of Poetry for the period 1994-99. In 2007, Fenton was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.