Lawrence Sail
Lawrence Sail (born 29 October 1942) is a contemporary British poet and writer. His poems are known for their "scrupulous combination of close observation and broader reflections"[1] and his thoughtfully crafted constructions have enjoyed a wide readership through Bloodaxe Books. Sail's poetry collections include Eye-Baby (2006); The World Returning (2002), Building into Air (1995), and Out of Land: New and Selected Poems (1992). He has edited several prominent anthologies, including The New Exeter Book of Riddles (1999) with Kevin Crossley-Holland, and First and Always: Poems for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital (1988). Other works include his childhood memoir Cross-currents: essays (Enitharmon, 2005), Sift (Impress Books, 2010), and Songs of the Darkness which combines Sail's Christmas poems with his daughter's illustrations (Enitharmon, 2010).
Biography
Sail was born in
Bibliography
- Opposite Views Dent, 1974
- The Drowned River Mandeville Press, 1978
- The Kingdom of Atlas Secker & Warburg, 1980
- South-West Review: A Celebration (editor) South West Arts, 1985
- Devotions Secker & Warburg, 1987
- Aquamarine The Gruffyground Press, 1988
- First and Always: Poems for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital (compiler and editor) Faber and Faber, 1988
- Water (Poem Poster) (wood-engraving by Hellmuth Weissenborn) Friends of Cheltenham Literature Festival, 1989
- Air (Poem Poster) (wood-engraving by John O'Connor) Friends of Cheltenham Literature Festival, 1990
- Fire (Poem Poster) (wood-engraving by Gwenda Morgan) Friends of Cheltenham Literature Festival, 1991
- Earth (Poem Poster) (wood-engraving by Miriam MacGregor) Friends of Cheltenham Literature Festival, 1992
- Out of Land: New and Selected Poems Bloodaxe Books, 1992
- Building into Air Bloodaxe Books, 1995
- The New Exeter Book of Riddles (edited with Kevin Crossley-Holland; illustrated by Simon Drew) Enitharmon, 1999
- The World Returning Bloodaxe Books, 2002
- Cross-currents (essays) Enitharmon, 2005
- Light Unlocked: Christmas Card Poems (edited with Kevin Crossley-Holland; illustrated by John Lawrence) Enitharmon, 2005
- Eye-Baby Bloodaxe Books, 2006
- Waking Dreams: New & Selected Poems Bloodaxe Books, 2010
Prizes and awards
- 1992 Hawthornden Fellowship
- 1993 Arts Council Writers' Award
- 2004 Cholmondeley Award
References
- ^ "The Old Shirburnian Society". Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Royal Society of Literature All Fellows". Royal Society of Literature. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- Extracted from The Open Library
- Lawrence Sail at Contemporary Writers