The Poetry Society presents ...
'Under the Influence' In association with the Arts Theatre,
6/7 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JB
The highly popular
'Under the Influence' series, where one poet looks at the influence another poet has had on their work, continues in 2008 and starts with
Robert Minhinnick 'under the influence' of Derek Walcott:
Thursday 22 May at 7pm
Robert Minhinnick 'under the influence' of Derek Walcott
West Indian poet Derek Walcott's collection Sea Grapes inspired Welsh
poet, Robert Minhinnick to explore his own language and landscape and
find that the 'bwlch' and 'gwter' of his 'own scrap of coast' could be poetic.
The host for the event will be the Poetry Society's Chair, Anne-Marie Fyfe.
The event will be taking place in a new venue - the wonderfully atmospheric and historic Club Room at the Arts Theatre in London's West End, 6/7 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JB.
Tickets are £10 and £7 (concessions and Poetry Society members).
Ticket Bookings on 0844 847 1608 or in person at the venue.
Find out more on www.poetrysociety.org.uk
Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott won the
Nobel Prize for Literature in
1992. His first collection, In
a Green Night: Poems 1948-
1960 (Cape,1962), brought
him to public attention.
Since then he has published
many collections including
Omeros (Faber,1990), an
epic poem which invokes
the lives of the people of the
Caribbean through Greek
myth and epic, The Prodigal
(Faber, 2005) and Selected
Poems (2007). For many
years he has divided his time
between Trinidad and the
USA. His experience of the
Caribbean and of living
between two cultures has
strongly influenced
his work.
Robert Minhinnick
West Indian poet Derek
Walcott's collection Sea
Grapes (1976) inspired
Welsh poet
Robert Minhinnick to
explore his own language
and landscape and find the
poetry in the 'bwlch' and
'gwter' of his local coastline.
Robert Minhinnick has
published many poetry
collections and two
collections of essays. His
book, To Babel and Back
(Seren) won the 2006 Wales
Book of the Year Award.
Among his many prizes are
an Eric Gregory Award, a
John Morgan Award, two
Arts Council of Wales
Literature Prizes and a
Cholmondeley Award.
