Christopher Logue

Christopher Logue CBE (23 November 1926 – 2 December 2011) was an English writer, best known as a poet, though he was also a journalist, translator, lyricist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Sourced I, Christopher Logue, was baptized the yearMany thousands of Englishmen,Fists clenched, their bellies empty,Walked day and night on the capital city. "The Song of Autobiography", from Songs (London: Hutchinson, 1959) p. 12. Come to the edge.We might fall.Come to the edge.It's too high!COME TO THE EDGE!And they cameAnd he pushedAnd they flew. "Come to the Edge", from New Numbers (London: Jonathan Cape, 1969) pp. 65-66. Originally written for a poster advertising an Apollinaire exhibition at the ICA in 1961 or 1962, and there titled "Apollinaire Said". The poem is therefore often misattributed to Guillaume Apollinaire. (Source: Quote…Unquote Newsletter, July 1995, p. 2). Said Marx, "Don't be snobbish, we seek to abolishThe 3rd class, not the 1st." "M", from Logue's A. B. C. (London: Scorpion Press, 1966) External links Christopher Logue at IMDb Category:Poets from England Category:Journalists from England Category:Translators from England Category:Screenwriters from England Category:Songwriters from England Category:Playwrights from England Category:Actors from England Category:1926 births Category:2011 deaths Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:Translators of Homer