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Christopher Logue, CBE (23 November 1926 – 2 December 2011) was an English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival, and a pacifist.
Learn about the life and poetry of Christopher Logue, an English poet best known for his adaptations of Homer's Iliad. Explore his collections, awards, influences, and other genres of writing.
Christopher Logue was an English poet, playwright, journalist, and actor, who was one of the leaders in the movement to bring poetry closer to the popular experience. His own pungent verse has been read to jazz accompaniment, sung, and printed on posters.
Learn about Christopher Logue, a contemporary poet who spent over forty years working on his version of Homer's Iliad, War Music. Explore his poems, books, awards, and recordings of his poetry.
Christopher Logue was a poet, screenwriter, actor and playwright. Born in Portsmouth in 1926 he served briefly in the Black Watch during and immediately after the Second World War, before spending sixteen months in a military prison.
Christopher Logue was born in 1926 in Hampshire, and was educated in Bath. He was associated with the British Poetry Revival, and also wrote for theatre and screen, including the screenplays Savage Messiah and The End of Arthur's Marriage .
Christopher Logue, The Art of Poetry No. 66. Interviewed by Shusha Guppy. Issue 127, Summer 1993. War Music, Christopher Logue’s adaptation of books sixteen to nineteen of Homer’s Iliad, was published in 1987 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece on both sides of the Atlantic.
