Background
SILKIN, Jon was born on December 2, 1930 in London. Son of Joseph and Doris (née Rubenstein) Silkin.
(This is Silkin's eighth collection of verse; moral concer...)
This is Silkin's eighth collection of verse; moral concern and a desire for growth are still his objectives. His moods are intimate and immediate: pity, anger, and sensuousness.
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(A collection of poems by Silkin whose other collections o...)
A collection of poems by Silkin whose other collections of verse include "The Ship's Pasture". He also produced a book on the poets of World War I, "Out of Battle", edited "The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry" and co-edited "The Penguin Book of First World War Prose".
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SILKIN, Jon was born on December 2, 1930 in London. Son of Joseph and Doris (née Rubenstein) Silkin.
Student, Wycliffe College, 1945. Student, Dulwich College, 1947. Bachelor in English with honors, Leeds University, 1947.
Bachelor in English with honors, Leeds University, 1962.
Writer and editor; teacher in Education Corps 1948-1949. Worked as manual labourer 55. Taught English to foreign students 1956-1958.
Gregory Fellowship in. Lecturer, Denison University, Ohio. Taught at Writers’ Workshop, University of la.
1968-1969; Visiting Writer, Australian Arts Council and University of Sydney 1974, College, of Idaho 1978. Mishkenot Sha'ananim (Israel) 1980. Bingham Visiting Poet, University of Louisville 1981.
Elliston Poet in Residence, University of Cincinnati 1983. Visiting Poet, American University, Wash., D.C. 1989. Visiting Speaker, World Congress of Poets, Korea 1979, Madrid 1982, Corfu 1985, Florence 1986, Korea 1990.
C. Day Lewis Fellowship 1976-1977. Geoffrey Faber Memorial.
(This is Silkin's eighth collection of verse; moral concer...)
(A collection of poems by Silkin whose other collections o...)
Author: Out of Battle: Poets of the First World War, 1972, 79, 97, Penguin Book of First World War Poetry, 1979, The Psalms with Their Spoils, 1980, Selected Poems, 1980, 88, 94, The War Poems of Wilfred Owen, 1994, The Penguin Book of First World War Prose, 1989, The Lens-Breakers, 1992, Gurney, A Play in Verse, 1985, The Ship's Pasture, 1986, The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth Century Poetry, 1997, Making a Republic, 1997.
Fellow Royal Society of Literature.
Travelling.
Married Lorna Tracy, March 9, 1974 (divorced 1995). 4 children.