Poet, born in Shildon, Co Durham, NE England, UK. He studied at Oxford University and lectured there before becoming poetry editor at Faber and Faber (198191). He published his first book, The Onion, Memory, in 1978. Later books include Rich (1984), Selected Poetry (1992), Clay: Whereabouts Unknown (1996), Collected Poems (1999), and A la recherche du temps perdu (2000). He also wrote the libretto for The Electrification of the Soviet Union (1986), an opera by Nigel Osborne, commissioned by Glyndebourne.
Craig Raine (born 3 December 1944) is an English poet and critic born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England.
Educated at Exeter College, University of Oxford, he taught at Oxford and followed a literary career as books editor for New Review, editor of Quarto, and poetry editor at The New Statesman. He became poetry editor at publishers Faber and Faber in 1981, and has been a fellow of New College, Oxford since 1991.
His works include a number of poetry collections: The Onion, Memory (1978), A Martian Sends a Postcard Home (1979), A Free Translation (1981), Rich (1984), History: The Home Movie (1994), and Clay.
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