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From: "Robin Hamilton" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 2:24 PM
Subject: Philip Hobsbaum
>I am sad to announce that Philip Hobsbaum died last week at the age of
> seventy three.
>
> A poet, critic and teacher, Philip was closely involved with writers in
> Cambridge, London, Belfast and Glasgow, where he taught from 1966.
>
> His experience in Belfast was recorded in the collection of poems, +Coming
> Out Fighting+, and that of Glasgow in +Women and Animals+. One chapter of
> his major critical work, +A Theory of Communication+, is a revealing
> transcript of a session of the London Group in the sixties.
>
> While his major impact was as a mentor of poets -- perhaps one of the
> finest
> of our time -- his own work shouldn't be forgotten.
>
> Robin Hamilton
>
Philip was never a friend to me or my poetry but it is sad to see his
passing.
> http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/42393.html
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/01/db0102.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/07/01/ixportal.html
>
> http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/42236.html
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