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Sebastian Barker

British poet · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Lived 1945 to 2014 · aged 68

Sebastian Smart Barker was a British poet notable for a visionary manner, that has been compared to William Blake in its use of the long ecstatic line and its "ability to write lyric poetry which used simple words to encapsulate profound meanings".

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His The Dream of Intelligence (1992) was named as a Book of the Year in both The Independent and The Spectator, and The Erotics of God (2005) was The Tablet′s Book of the Year in 2005.

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1945 to 2014 · aged 68