Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (2005) Winner
Christopher Logue
クリストファー・ローグ
Kurisutofā Rōgu
Aliases:
John Christopher Logue
Pen Names:
Count Palmiro Vicarion（Pseudonym used for Olympia Press publications）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1926-11-23 （Portsmouth, Hampshire）
- Died
- 2011-12-02 age 85
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, England
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Roman Catholic Baptized in 1936 （Baptismal Name: John Christopher Logue）
- Residence History
- Portsmouth area → Paris (1951-1956)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Playwright, Screenwriter, Actor
- Active Years
- 1953-2011
- Influenced By
- Bertrand Russell, Alexander Trocchi, Pablo Neruda
- Influenced
- Donovan, Joan Baez
- Nominations
- Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist (War Music)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's College, Portsmouth | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Prior Park College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Portsmouth Grammar School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University College London | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
St John's College, Portsmouth
Country:
United Kingdom
Roman Catholic school
Prior Park College
Country:
United Kingdom
Roman Catholic school
Portsmouth Grammar School
Country:
United Kingdom
University College London
Country:
United Kingdom
Did not graduate
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | British monarch | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Whitbread Poetry Award | Cold Calls | 詩 | Whitbread | 受賞 |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Organization:
British monarch
Result:
受賞
Whitbread Poetry Award
2005
Work:
Cold Calls
Category:
詩
Organization:
Whitbread
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
War Music
1981 Epic poetryModernist retelling of Homer's Iliad
WarPacifism
Cold Calls
2005 PoetryContinuation of War Music
War
Prince Charming
1999 MemoirAutobiography
LifePolitics
Bibliography
- Wand And Quadrant
- The Weekdream Sonnets
- War Music
- Cold Calls
- Prince Charming
Translations by Author
- Translations of Pablo Neruda
- Translations of Bertolt Brecht
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Short, pithy linesPolitical
- Recurring Motifs
- WarPacifismPolitics
Legacy
English poet associated with British Poetry Revival, known for pacifism and modernist Iliad
Archives
- Harry Ransom Center
- Emory University
In Popular Culture
- Quoted in Strugatsky brothers' Monday Begins on Saturday
Quotes
-
Come to the edge. They came. Leap! They leaped.
Source: Poster for Apollinaire exhibition (1961) -
I, Christopher Logue, was baptised the year Many thousands of Englishmen...
Source: Song of Autobiography
Trivia
- Court-martialled in 1945 for selling stolen pay books while in Black Watch in Palestine
- Participant in Aldermaston Marches
- Friend of Alexander Trocchi in Paris
- Wrote pornography under pseudonym for Olympia Press