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Christopher Logue, CBE (23 November 1926 – 2 December 2011) was an English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival, and a pacifist.
Learn about the life and works of Christopher Logue, an English poet and actor who adapted Homer's Iliad in modern verse. Explore his collections of politically engaged and jazz-influenced poetry, as well as his screenplays, memoirs, and pornographic fiction.
Dec 3, 2011 · 'Now hear this" – the three words that Christopher Logue, who has died aged 85, used to open his epic poem War Music were aptly chosen. In this stark modern rendition of The Iliad, Homer's ...
Christopher Logue was an English poet, playwright, journalist, and actor, who was one of the leaders in the movement to bring poetry closer to the popular experience. His own pungent verse has been read to jazz accompaniment, sung, and printed on posters.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 10, 2011 · Mr. Logue, whose life was a fittingly picaresque epic that also included being imprisoned in a Crusader castle, writing a pornographic novel, acting in films by the director Ken Russell and...
Dec 3, 2011 · Christopher Logue, the poet and playwright who called himself the "rewrite man", has died at the age of 85 at his home in London. He was dubbed the "Alexander...
War Music, Christopher Logue’s adaptation of books sixteen to nineteen of Homer’s Iliad, was published in 1987 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece on both sides of the Atlantic. It was the culmination of a long, sustained effort that produced Patrocleia (book...
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