Quite Frankly: after Petrarch's Sonnets - Hughes, Peter
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Peter Hughes was born in Oxford in 1956. After attending local state schools he did stints at Cheltenham Art College, Anglia Polytechnic and Stirling University. He has worked as a teacher and translator, among other things, in the UK and in Italy. He lives in Norfolk. Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-74) was an Italian scholar, best known today for his Canzoniere (Songbook) including 317 sonnets addressed to his muse, Laura. In this volume, Peter Hughes presents modern versions of all 317 sonnets.

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Peter Hughes was born in Oxford in 1956. After attending local state schools he did stints at Cheltenham Art College, Anglia Polytechnic and Stirling University. He has worked as a teacher and translator, among other things, in the UK and in Italy. He lives in Norfolk. Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-74) was an Italian scholar, best known today for his Canzoniere (Songbook) including 317 sonnets addressed to his muse, Laura. In this volume, Peter Hughes presents modern versions of all 317 sonnets.
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Peter Hughes was born in Oxford in 1956. After doing a degree in English Literature, and then a Masters in Modern Poetry in English, he worked in Italy for several years. He lived for various periods in L'Aquila, Vicenza and Rome. He returned to the UK when his children were young and he taught in Cambridge primary schools for fifteen years. There followed extended periods in Norfolk and North Wales. He is currently based in Spello, Umbria. He has created distinctive versions of various classic Italian texts, including work by Petrarch, Cavalcanti and Leopardi. He has also been the Judith E. Wilson Poetry Fellow at Cambridge University.