Gavin Selerie (1947-2023) was born in London. He taught at Birkbeck, University of London for many years. His books include Azimuth (1984), Roxy (1996) and Le Fanu's Ghost (2006) - all long sequences with linked units. Music's Duel: New and Selected Poems 1972-2008 was published by Shearsman Books in 2009. This includes a good deal of fugitive material, besides more widely available work. Selerie collaborated with the writer and artist Alan Halsey, notably in the book Days of '49 (1999). His work appeared in anthologies such as The New British Poetry (1988), Other: British & Irish Poetry since 1970 (1999) and The Reality Street Book of Sonnets (2008). His poems generally involved a layering of voices through history and landscape. He wrote extensively about London, reflecting his roots (an Italian family in Soho and an English family of wood-carvers). He has been a core member of the London poetry scene since the 1970s. His final large-scale publications were Hariot Double, which juxtaposes renaissance and modern elements, and Collected Sonnets (Shearsman Books, 2019).

Gavin Selerie (1947-2023) was born in London. He taught at Birkbeck, University of London for many years. His books include Azimuth (1984), Roxy (1996) and Le Fanu's Ghost (2006) - all long sequences with linked units. Music's Duel: New and Selected Poems 1972-2008 was published by Shearsman Books in 2009. This includes a good deal of fugitive material, besides more widely available work. Selerie collaborated with the writer and artist Alan Halsey, notably in the book Days of '49 (1999). His work appeared in anthologies such as The New British Poetry (1988), Other: British & Irish Poetry since 1970 (1999) and The Reality Street Book of Sonnets (2008). His poems generally involved a layering of voices through history and landscape. He wrote extensively about London, reflecting his roots (an Italian family in Soho and an English family of wood-carvers). He has been a core member of the London poetry scene since the 1970s. His final large-scale publications were Hariot Double, which juxtaposes renaissance and modern elements, and Collected Sonnets (Shearsman Books, 2019).

Gavin Selerie (1947-2023) was born in London. He taught at Birkbeck, University of London for many years. His books include Azimuth (1984), Roxy (1996) and Le Fanu's Ghost (2006) - all long sequences with linked units. Music's Duel: New and Selected Poems 1972-2008 was published by Shearsman Books in 2009. This includes a good deal of fugitive material, besides more widely available work. Selerie collaborated with the writer and artist Alan Halsey, notably in the book Days of '49 (1999). His work appeared in anthologies such as The New British Poetry (1988), Other: British & Irish Poetry since 1970 (1999) and The Reality Street Book of Sonnets (2008). His poems generally involved a layering of voices through history and landscape. He wrote extensively about London, reflecting his roots (an Italian family in Soho and an English family of wood-carvers). He has been a core member of the London poetry scene since the 1970s. His final large-scale publications were Hariot Double, which juxtaposes renaissance and modern elements, and Collected Sonnets (Shearsman Books, 2019).