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Monday 22 December 2008

Adrian Mitchell (1932-2008)


The English left-wing poet Adrian Mitchell died 2 days ago at the age of 76. Do read Michael Rosen's tribute to him in today's Guardian: (www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/22/poetry).

4 comments:

Rachel Fox said...

I heard him speak at the poetry festival StAnza this year. He was so alive and full of love for writing and ideas that he was positively vibrating. He is a real loss.
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The Solitary Walker said...

Yes, indeed. I met him several times at publishers' sales conferences, and he was so full of vitality and passion and belief in the power of words.

Dominic Rivron said...

I only saw him reading once - in Hampstead. I remember he read On the Beach at Cambridge, which I imagine he read quite a lot. My favourite has always been "Nostalgia - Now Threepence Off".

am said...

Thanks so much for your post and links for Adrian Mitchell.