Book description
The authors second collection which prints some of his most revered
work including Pike, Hawk Roosting and November.
Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The
Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber and Faber and was
followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He
received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for
his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid (1997) and
Birthday Letters (1998). He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he
was appointed to the Order of Merit.
