Craig Raine

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Craig Raine is a British poet and critic best known as a leading figure of the 1970s–80s "Martian" school of poetry, noted for its startling, estranging metaphors and imaginative re-descriptions of everyday life.

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Craig Raine canonical 2

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instanceOf editor ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
poet ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
awardReceived Somerset Maugham Award ⓘ
Whitbread Poetry Award ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1944-12-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Barnard Castle School ⓘ
Exeter College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Faber and Faber ⓘ
New College, Oxford ⓘ
familyName Raine ⓘ
fieldOfWork contemporary poetry ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
genre literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Craig ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.craigraine.com/ ⓘ
influenced Martian school of poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
livedIn Oxford ⓘ
movement Martian poetry ⓘ
name Craig Raine ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork A Martian Sends a Postcard Home ⓘ
Clay ⓘ
Collected Poems 1978–1999 ⓘ
History: The Home Movie ⓘ
Rich ⓘ
The Onion, Memory ⓘ
linked to: The Onion
notedFor estranging metaphors ⓘ
imaginative re-descriptions of everyday life ⓘ
occupation academic ⓘ
critic ⓘ
editor ⓘ
poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bishop Auckland ⓘ
positionHeld Fellow in English at New College, Oxford ⓘ
editor at Faber and Faber ⓘ
relative Boris Pasternak ⓘ
spouse Ann Pasternak Slater ⓘ
workLocation Oxford ⓘ

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Christopher Reid → influencedBy → Craig Raine ⓘ
Craig Raine → name → Craig Raine ⓘ