Swithering de Robertson, Robin - 2006

Harvest Books, 2006. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Uncorrected proof copy of Robertson's third collection of poetry. Robertson's first volume of poetry, A Painted Field, won the 1997 Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Scottish First Book of the Year Award. Slow Air followed in 2002, and his third book, Swithering, was published in 2006, winning the Forward Prize for Best Collection. In 2004, Robertson received the E. M. Forster Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2009 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[3] He completed the set of Forward Prizes in 2009 when "At Roane Head" won the award for Best Single Poem. .