Book description
This volume replaced Ted Hughes's Selected Poems 1957-1981. It
contains a larger selection from the same period, to which are added
poems from more recent books, uncollected poems from each decade of
Ted Hughes's writing life, and some new work. Another notable feature
is the inclusion of poems from his books for younger readers, What is
the Truth? and Season Songs.
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.
