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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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
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Collected Poems 1978–1999
History: The Home Movie
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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