Poets of the Great War: Ivor Gurney

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When:
October 6, 2016 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
2016-10-06T18:00:00+01:00
2016-10-06T19:30:00+01:00
Where:
The British Academy
10 Carlton House Terrace
St. James's, London SW1Y 5AH
UK
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Free
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Ivor Gurney (1890 – 1937) was both a poet and a composer. In this event celebrating National Poetry Day, talk, poetry readings and song combine in a sequence exploring Gurney’s responses to literature, landscape, history, memory and the First World War.

Speaker: Dr Philip Lancaster, University of Exeter
Accompanied by: Gavin Roberts, Pianist

Part of National Poetry Day and the First World War Centenary.