Information about the author
Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber & Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid (1997) and Birthday Letters (1998). He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit.

Blurb
The multi-award winning first poetry collection from Ted Hughes, with the mixture of beauty and violence in the natural world at its heart. A Faber Modern Classics edition.

Preface
Issued into the launch list of Faber Modern Classics, publishing in April 2015.

Summary
This multi-award winning collection.