Craig Anthony Raine
(1944-), PoetSitter in 3 portraits
Born in Bishop Auckland, England, Raine read English at Exeter College, Oxford. His first collection The Onion, Memory was published in 1978 and was followed by A Martian Sends a Postcard Home (1979) and History: The Home Movie (1994). Raine's poetry is often autobiographical in subject matter, concerned with the lives and histories of family and friends. He was awarded a Cholmondeley Award in 1983 and was named Sunday Times Writer of the Year in 1998.
by George Newson
bromide fibre print, May 1993
NPG x75729
by George Newson
bromide fibre print, May 1993
NPG x75730
Related People
- Elisabeth Ann Isabel Raine (née Slater) (wife)
- Moses Raine (son)
- Nina Raine (daughter)
- Vaska Raine (son)
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