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Hi Dave, Oh well, just was curious. The news about the prize fell across my desk today and I thought maybe it was dumb of me not to know who he was. I will be spending the next week far away from Sydney on a very small island trying to finish off a novel in which one of the characters says 'there are only 150 people in Sydney'. It's an old saying of a friend of mine and it's pretty true. Seems it may be the case in other places. Many thanks anyway, Jill On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 01:17 PM, david.bircumshaw wrote: > Hi Jill > > I know the name, and I even read something of his somewhere along the > line, > but for the life of me I can't remember anything about it. Which isn't > a > critical comment but rather a confession of being in training for > Alzheimer's. This afternoon for instance I was talking to someone about > books, apropos of the debates that have ranged and raged about CAD's > poem, > and I wanted to say something very strongly approving of Jean Rhy's > early > novellas and short stories of the 1930's, but I couldn't remember what > her > name was. The texts yes, but the author's moniker had just slipped > into that > yawning void. > > Contrariwise, in the same discussion, this guy who lives two floors > above me > in the flats suddenly asked if I knew of a poet/playwright called > Stephen > Mulrhine (sp?) - I'd never heard of him but he's the cousin of the > fella who > was talking - said fella is an alcoholic druggie who is on crutches > because > he got in a fight - later on I spoke to Rob and it transpires that SM > went > to university with R, a year before, and was initially one of the > instigators of the Glasgow School in the 60's. My point being twofold: > what > a small world it is, and what a big one. > > Names, names, and names! > > Best > > Dave > > > > David Bircumshaw > > Leicester, England > > Home Page > > A Chide's Alphabet > > Painting Without Numbers > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/index.htm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jill Jones" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 1:12 AM > Subject: about a poet > > > Hi all, > > I've just read that a book called The Ice Age by a poet called Paul > Farley > has > just won the Whitbread. I am unfamiliar with the name so was wondering > if > anyone had any clues. > > Cheers, > Jill > > _______________________________________________________ Jill Jones http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~jpjones Latest book: Screens Jets Heaven. Available now from Salt Publishing http://www.saltpublishing.com