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Thank God for eccentrics.(Book review)
The Man Who Went into the West: The Life of R.S. Thomas, by Byron Rogers; Aurum, 2006, $49.95.
The Last Englishman: The Life of J.L. Carr, by Byron Rogers; Aurum, 2004, $24.95.
R.S. THOMAS, by the time he died in 2000, was probably the pre-eminent poet in Britain. He ad spent his working life as an Anglican priest in various rural parishes in northern Wales, preaching to small congregations in that largely Nonconformist nation. After paying to have his first volumes published, in his forties he came to the public eye when Rupert Hart-Davis published Song at the Year's Turning in 1955. He continued writing prolifically until his death.
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...year two GBP10,000 awards are given and this year's second winner, in the biography category, was Byron Rogers for his book about RS Thomas, a Welsh poet. The other shortlisted nominees for the award were: Sarah Waters, Ray Robinson, James...
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...Religious Faith in the Work of Graham Greene. Ed. William Thomas Hill. New York: Peter Lang, 2002. 255-87. Burke, Kathleen...Deedes, W. F. At War with Waugh (2003). Reviewed by Byron Rogers, "Long ago and far away," Spectator 14 June 2003; Keith...
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