Brian patten
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- Brian Pattern(1946-Present Day)
- Personal Life
- born near Liverpool docks
- attended sefron park school
- noticed for his essays and encouraged with his work
- attended sefron park school
- left school at 15
- beguan work for the bootle times writing a column on popular must
- first artical was on Roger McGough and Adrian Henri 2 pop-orientated poets
- beguan work for the bootle times writing a column on popular must
- born near Liverpool docks
- own contempry collections, Little Johnny's Confession(1967) and Notes to the hurrying man (1969)
- early encouragement from Philip Larkin
- storm Damage(1988) and armada (1996) are more varied
- armada features a sequence of poems concerning the death of his mother and memories of his childhood
- most mature and formal book
- armada features a sequence of poems concerning the death of his mother and memories of his childhood
- his style is generally lyrical and subjects are primarily love and relationships
- 1981 collection of love poems draws together his best work in this area from 16 years
- writes extensively for children and adults
- described as highly engaging and performs frequently
- resent books have been translated into italian, spanish, german and polish
- 2002 he accepted the chlomdeley award for poetry
- he was honored with the freedom of the city of liverpool
- Personal Life
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