Background
Simon Rae was born on September 12, 1952, in the United Kindom.
(With a contemporary poem chosen for each year from 1900 t...)
With a contemporary poem chosen for each year from 1900 to 1999, this centenary anthology adds up to an intimate, provocative and surprising report on the often violent impact of modern life.
https://www.amazon.com/News-That-Stays-Twentieth-Century/dp/0571200605/?tag=2022091-20
1999
(This impressive anthology presents over four hundred poem...)
This impressive anthology presents over four hundred poems written during the twentieth century. Covering every major period of our cultural history―supporting their stance that no poet works in isolation from contemporary events―the editors have placed each poem within its historical context as well as the century’s overall poetic development.By organizing the poems in chronological order, readers will see these poets in a new light.
https://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Poetry-Michael-Hulse/dp/1605984558/?tag=2022091-20
2013
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Simon Rae was born on September 12, 1952, in the United Kindom.
Simon Rae studied at Oxford.
After postgraduate work at Oxford, Simon Rae turned freelance in 1985, writing for a number of publications, including the Times Literary Supplement and New Statesman. His radio experience began with the African department of the BBC World Service, and he later wrote and presented programs for both Radio 3 and Radio 4, including the Radio 4 series Poetry Please! with which he was associated for five years.
From 1988 to 1998 he wrote a regular topical poem for the Guardian, resulting in two published collections, Soft Targets with cartoons by Willie Rushton (1991), and Rapid Response (1997). His other poetry titles include Listening to the Lake: Poems & Drawings from Garsington and Great Tew, with Sue Cave (1993), The Face of War, cartoons by Ronald Searle (1999), Empires, illustrated by Matthew Ludgate (2000) and a selection of poems on cricket entitled Caught on Paper (2002).
He has compiled a number of anthologies, including The Faber Book of Drink, Drinkers and Drinking (1991), The Faber Book of Murder (1994), The Faber Book of Christmas (1996) and News That Stays News: The 20th Century in Poems (Faber, 1999). In 1998, he published W. G. Grace: A Life, and in 2001, It’s Not Cricket: Skulduggery, Sharp Practice and Downright Cheating in the Noble Game. In 1999-2000 he was poet in residence at Warwick County Cricket Club/mac (Midlands Arts Centre, Edgbaston).
His work for performance includes the musical Requiem, with Sue Casson, (Edinburgh & London, 1996), and stage plays: A Quiet Night In, a black comedy set on millennium eve (Bristol Old Vic Basement & Finborough Arms, 1999), and Grass, a contemporary view of the poet John Clare, first performed at the Etcetera Theatre in 2001. He has also written the libretto for Michael Stimpson’s The Angry Garden which was performed by the English Concert Singers.
(With a contemporary poem chosen for each year from 1900 t...)
1999(This impressive anthology presents over four hundred poem...)
2013Quotations: “As a poet, I have had to turn my hand to a variety of activities. I have compiled anthologies, I have presented radio programs, I have judged competitions, taught courses, and, most recently, devoted two years to researching and writing the definitive biography of England’s greatest sportsman, the Victorian cricketer, W. G. Grace. And my bed is still propped up with piles of remainder copies! Still, it beats teaching.”
Simon Rae is a member of the Chelsea Arts Club in London.