Richard Leigh

Born in 1944, Richard Leigh has been writing seriously since the early 1980s. His previous book was Accidents of Birth (2007). He has also been published by the Kater Murr Press as well as Babel, The Honest Ulsterman, The Rialto, Iron Press and others. Leigh's main influences from an early stage were Pound, Gary Snyder and haiku. His poetic heroes are Mandelstam, David Jones and Seferis.

Born in 1944, Richard Leigh has been writing seriously since the early 1980s. His previous book was Accidents of Birth (2007). He has also been published by the Kater Murr Press as well as Babel, The Honest Ulsterman, The Rialto, Iron Press and others. Leigh's main influences from an early stage were Pound, Gary Snyder and haiku. His poetic heroes are Mandelstam, David Jones and Seferis. See less