Carol Rumens Direct Dialling Signed Lalic 1985 First Edition
Carol Rumens DIRECT DIALLING Chatto & Windus / Hogarth Press, London, 1985. First edition. Paperback, fine condition (minor spot on the cover). Size: 19,4 x 13 cm. Pp. 48. Photo set by Rowland Phototypesetting Ltd. The copy is inscribed by the author, to Serbian poet Ivan V. Lalic: ‘’Leicester, 16.5.87. / For Ivan, / with warm regards and god wishes / Carol Rumens‘’ . For condition see photos/scans.
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Carol Rumens (born on 10 December 1944) was born in Forest Hill, South London. She is a British poet. Carol Rumens is a member of the Society of Authors, a member of the Welsh Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her first poetry collection, A Strange Girl in Bright Colours, was published in 1973. Other collections include Unplayed Music (1981), joint winner of the Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize. In this book, Carol talks about the relationships between people, between the individual and what surrounds it, and between Eastern and Western countries. This phenomenon she is interpreted by contrast, through love and power, harmony and conflict, freedom and occupation.
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Ivan V. Lalic (1931 – 1996) was one of the most significant Serbian poets writing after World War II with a reputation as one of the finest European poets of his time. Also one of the leading poets of contemporary neosymbolism poetry in Serbia. He had also been writing essays and literary critics and versifying English and French poetry into Serbian language. Lalic edited few antologies of poetry. He was sincerly appreciated among colleague poets of his time all over the world as it can be seen in many inscriptions wrote to him on books he received as sign of respect and appreciation.
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