Charles Causley's "Jack the Treacle Eater" won the Kurt Maschler Award, and "Early in the Morning" won the Signal Poetry Award. He has been given the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the CBE for his services to poetry.
Charles Causley (1917-2003) was one of England's most distinguished poets. Ted Hughes said, 'Among the English Poetry of the last half-century, Charles Causley's could well turn out to be the best loved and the most needed.' Apart from six years in the wartime Royal Navy he lived almost all his life in his native town of Launceston in Cornwall, where he also once worked as a teacher. He has published many collections of his work both for adults and for children and won a number of literary awards and prizes. In 1986 he was appointed CBE.
There are poems in this superb volume that will shine for as long
as there are humans to read them
*Times Educational Supplement*
Hardly a page in this handsome volume fails to impress and enchant
with technical virtuosity and unnerving imagination.
*Sunday Times*
Before I was made Poet Laureate, I was asked to name my choice of
the best poet for the job. Without hesitation I named Charles
Causley – this marvelously resourceful, original poet.
*Ted Hughes*
One of the finest poets of his generation
*Sunday Telegraph*
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
