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y separately published work icon Paeans for Peter Porter : A Celebration for Peter Porter on His Seventieth Birthday by Twenty of His Friends anthology   poetry   biography   lyric/song   correspondence  
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Paeans for Peter Porter : A Celebration for Peter Porter on His Seventieth Birthday by Twenty of His Friends
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Notes

  • Includes:

    • 'Porter the Reviewer' and 'Scenes from Domestic Life' by British poet, Wendy Cope.
    • 'A Pantoum for Peter at Seventy' by New Zealand poet, Allen Curnow
    • 'A Portrait by Sir William Dargie : For Peter Porter' by British poet, Ian Duhig
    • 'C.V. of P.P.' by British academic poet, D.J. Enright
    • 'Petition of the Cats Concerning Mr Peter Porter' by British poet, U.A. Fanthorpe
    • 'Lines on Mr Porter's Birthday' by British poet, Sean O'Brien
    • 'Encounters' by New Zealand author, C.K. Stead
    • 'Postcards to a Patron' by Hungarian born, British poet, George Szirtes
    • 'Lunch at Seventy' by Irish author and playwright, William Trevor
    • 'A Porter Paean' by British author and poet, Kit Wright

Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,:Bridgewater Press , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
'Peter Porter', Martin Amis , single work biography (p. 13-15)
Postcard to Peter Porter, Julian Barnes , single work correspondence (p. 16-19)
Note: Dated: Sydney, 7th March 1998.
Five Recollectionsi"It was the thank god not 'youthful' nineteen-fifties", Alan Brownjohn , single work poetry (p. 20-23)
Death and the Moogie, Peter Porter , Geoffrey Burgon (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 24-26)
Collecting Porteri"Dear Peter, just to say I was first smitten", Barry Humphries , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
A Paean for Peter Porteri"The sound of breaking glass in Germany", Clive James , single work poetry (p. 40-46)
With Thanks for the Wolves, David Malouf , single work biography (p. 47-54)
More than an Orbiter Dichteri"Peter, you're in the dictionary!", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 55-56)
An Open Letter to Peter Porter, Ann Thwaite , single work correspondence (p. 66-69)
To Peter Porter in Balmain, N.S.W., from Anthony Thwaite in Cardoso, Provinzia Di Lucca, Tuscany, Anthony Thwaite , single work prose (p. 70-73)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Bridgewater Press ,       1999 .
      Extent: 77p.
      Limited edition info: "This book is published in an edition of 113 copies on Archival Parchment paper. Seventy-five copies, numbered 1-75 are bound in Ratchford Atlantic cloth. Twenty-six copies signed by the contributors, lettered A-Z are bound in quarter cloth and marbled paper boards. Twelve copies signed by the contributors, numbered I-XII, are bound in quarter Liberry Calf". 16 February 1999.
      Description: music, port.
      Note/s:
      • Includes preface (p. 11)
      ISBN: 0953419223
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