Faber Faber The Owl and the Nightingale.

by Simon Armitage

The Owl and the Nightingale ABISBOOK Faber Faber.

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1200

About the author

Simon Armitage, whose The Shout was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, has published ten volumes of poetry and has received numerous honors for his work. He was appointed UK Poet Laureate in 2019

Armitage's poetry collections include Book of Matches (1993) and The Dead Sea Poems (1995). He has written two novels, Little Green Man (2001) and The White Stuff (2004), as well as All Points North (1998), a collection of essays on the north of England. He has produced a dramatised version of Homer's Odyssey and a collection of poetry entitled Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus The Corduroy Kid (which was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize), both of which were published in July 2006. Many of Armitage's poems appear in the AQA (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance) GCSE syllabus for English Literature in the United Kingdom. These include "Homecoming", "November", "Kid", "Hitcher", and a selection of poems from Book of Matches, most notably of these "Mother any distance...". His writing is characterised by a dry Yorkshire wit combined with "an accessible, realist style and critical seriousness."

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely perfect comfort reading when you're feeling a bit rubbish. Witty and funny translation; we love you Simon Armitage.

[May Phoenix · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a sweet and funny poem, and some of the arguments from the nightingale and owl were just proper mic drops.

I know nothing about translating middle English, but it's evident Simon Armitage did a wonderful job keeping the spirit of the poem alive.

[Rick Bach · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely! I was gutted when I got to the end.