biography
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Raine, Craig (Anthony)
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| lived:
| (1944– )
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Shildon, Co Durham, NE England, UK. He studied at Oxford University and lectured there before becoming poetry editor at Faber and Faber (1981–91). He published his first book, The Onion, Memory, in 1978. Later books include Rich (1984), Selected Poetry (1992), and Clay: Whereabouts Unknown (1996). He also wrote the libretto for The Electrification of the Soviet Union (1986), an opera by Nigel Osborne, commissioned by Glyndebourne. |
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