Quote by: James Fenton

I've not been a prolific poet, and it always seemed to me to be a bad idea to feel that you had to produce in order to get... credits. Production of a collection of poems every three years or every five years, or whatever, looks good, on paper. But it might not be good; it might be writing on a kind of automatic pilot.


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Author Bio


  • NameJames Fenton
  • Descriptionpoet
  • BornApril 25, 1949
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Author; Journalist
  • AwardsCholmondeley Award; PEN Pinter Prize; Eric Gregory Award; Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize; Queen's Gold Medal For Poetry