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Craig Raine
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Craig Anthony Raine FRSL (born 3 December 1944) is an English poet born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. Along with Christopher Reid, he is the best-known exponent of Martian poetry. He was a former Fellow of New College, Oxford from 1991-2010 and is now Emeritus professor. He has been the editor of Areté since 1999.
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''The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple—to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.''
Craig Raine (b. 1944), British poet, critic. Guardian (London, August 19, 1988).
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''Great writers arrive among us like new diseases—threatening, powerful, impatient for patients to pick up their virus, irresistible.''
Craig Raine (b. 1944), British poet, critic. Independent on Sunday (London, Nov. 18, 1990).
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