Synopses & Reviews
Winner of the Forward Prize for Best First Collection of 1995. "Jane Durans debut should not go unheralded. She delivers her courageous and richly textured poems with a quiet authority. This collection warrants celebration." Michael Donaghy
About the Author
Jane Duran was born in Cuba to a Spanish father and American mother, and brought up in the United States and in Chile. Her first collection Breathe Now, Breathe (Enitharmon, 1995) won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Enitharmon brought out a second collection in 2002, Silences from the Spanish Civil War. Her third collection, Coastal (Enitharmon, 2005) received a PBS Recommendation. Her poetry has been widely anthologised. She received a Cholmondeley Award in 2005. She lives in London with her husband and son.