Faber Book of Irish Verse

Montague, John (ed.) The Faber Book of Irish Verse. London, Faber, 1974. 12 cm x 19 cm. 400 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight cracking at the spine. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen - Translator Erik Haugaard. John Montague (28 February 1929 - 10 December 2016) was an Irish poet. Born in America, he was raised in Ireland. He published a number of volumes of poetry, two collections of short stories and two volumes of memoir. He was one of the best known Irish contemporary poets. In 1998 he became the first occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry (essentially Ireland's poet laureate). In 2010, he was made a Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur, France's highest civil award. (Wikipedia)