Out on a Limb
Burn, Michael
Chatto & Windus (1973)
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#5505
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Poet
Softcover 0701119926


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Nationality British
Pub Place London
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Conflict WW2
Notes
Obituary from 2010: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/sep/23/michael-burn-obituary

Leaflet from Poetry Book Society Bulletin, No. 78 Autumn 1973 laid in. Note from author about why he wantd to publish these poems and a short biography, "Michael Burn was born in 1912 and educated at Winchester. During the war he joined the commandos and was a prisoner in Colditz, where he wrote his first novel, Yes Farewell. From 1946-1950 he was Eastern European correspondent of The Times. He has written several plays, including a play in verse The Modern Everyman; and has had two books of poems published, Poems to Mary and The Flying Castle."