Fellows Library Entry

A REAL MAN by David Savoury

Publication date: Unknown
Donated by: David Savoury

A copy of this book is available for loan.

Synopsis:
A Real Man by David Savoury

A Real Man represents twenty years of writing. In scope, the collection ranges from the intimate to the universal; from the surface of a man's skin, to the boundless perspectives of the cosmos. Now deeply serious, now wickedly funny, David Savoury moves easily from profundity to profanity and through unblinking candour to tenderness. The enormous breadth and technical mastery of this collection leaves a lasting impression and begs the question, 'When have we seen something like this since the death of Auden?'

Biography of David Savoury:
Born in Cardiff in 1959, David Savoury was educated by the de la Salle Brothers, at St. Illtyd's College, Cardiff and at St. Cassian's College, Berkshire. He has pursued studies at the universities of Bangor, Birmingham, Manchester, Oxford and London and has worked as a teacher for twenty-five years. For seventeen years he has worked as a Specialist Teacher For The Deaf, teaching Language and Literature to profoundly-deaf children at the Mary Hare School for The Deaf, near Newbury. In the past, he has written and Broadcast for BBC Radio Four's "Prayer For The Day" programme and has had poetry published in a variety of anthololgies. This year sees the publication of his first collection, "A Real Man".