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Prodigy - Charles Simic
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Still Falls the Rain – for BBC 100 Years - Edith Sitwell
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The blue butterfly - Richard Berengarten
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Nada: hope or nothing - Richard Berengarten
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The shadow well - Richard Berengarten
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The death of children - Richard Berengarten
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Clean out the house - Richard Berengarten
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Richard Berengarten
B. 1943
After winning the 1961 Transatlantic Review national short story competition when he was just seventeen, Richard Berengarten has since been the recipient of many international awards and distinctions, far too many to summarise here. Significant highlights include an Eric Gregory…
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John Drinkwater
B. 1882 D. 1937
A poet, playwright, essayist and editor, John Drinkwater was born in Leytonstone, London. He left school at fifteen and turned to literature after a short career working as an Insurance Agent. His first published poetry collection was ‘Poems: 1903 (C….