Brian Patten

Quick Facts

Full Name	Brian Patten
Occupation	Poet
Date Of Birth	Feb 7, 1946(1946-02-07)
Age	78
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Brian Patten Biography

Brian Patten is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on February 7, 1946 in England, United Kingdom. The poet was born in Liverpool and is also a children’s book author. His poetry collection includes Little Johnny’s Confession, The Irrelevant Song, and notes to the Hurrying Man.

His poetry were published alongside His poems were published alongside Adrian Henri‘s in a famous anthology called The Mersey Sound.’s in the renowned anthology The Mersey Sound.

Patten’s first published volumes of poems were Little Johnny’s Confession (1967) and Notes to the Hurrying Man (1969). The later collections Storm Damage (1988) and Armada (1996) are more varied, the latter featuring a sequence of poems concerning the death of his mother and memories of his childhood. Armada is perhaps Patten’s most mature and formal book, dispensing with much of the playfulness of former work. He has also written comic verse for children, notably Gargling With Jelly and Thawing Frozen Frogs.

Together with the other two Liverpool poets, Roger McGough and Adrian Henri, Patten published The Mersey Sound in 1967. One of the best-selling poetry anthologies of modern times, The Mersey Sound aimed to make poetry accessible to a broader audience. It has been described as the most significant anthology of the twentieth century. Together with Henri and McGough, Patten was awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2001.

His poetry collection from 1996, Armada, deals with the loss of his mother.

Brian Patten Net Worth

Brian Patten is one of the richest Poet from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brian Patten 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Sefton Park School, where the teacher Harry Sutcliffe praised his early writing. He quit school at fifteen to begin writing for an article in the newspaper about music.

The artist gained acclaim for his poetry readings live.

Brian Patten (born 7 February 1946) is an English poet and author. He came to prominence in the 1960s as one of the Liverpool poets, and writes primarily lyrical poetry about human relationships. His famous works include: “Little Johnny’s Confessions”, “The irrelevant Song”, “Vanishing Trick”, “Emma’s Doll”, “Impossible Parents”, amongst others.

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Brian Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Brian Patten celebrates birthday on February 7 of every year.

Top Facts about Brian Patten

1. Brian Patten was born in Bootle, Liverpool, England in 1946.
2. He attended Sefton Park School in the Smithdown Road area of Liverpool.
3. In 1967, Patten published the anthology The Mersey Sound with two other Liverpool Poets: Roger McGough and Adrian Henri.
4. Patten’s first published volumes of poems were Little Johnny’s Confession (1967) and Notes to the Hurrying Man (1969).
5. He has written comic verse for children, notably Gargling With Jelly and Thawing Frozen Frogs.
6. Patten’s style is generally lyrical and his subjects are primarily love and relationships.
7. Charles Causley described Patten’s writing as “profoundly aware of the ever-present possibility of the magical and the miraculous”.
8. The actor Paul Bettany said of Patten’s work that it “adheres you to the surface of the planet, just long enough that you don’t go spinning off into the loneliness of space”.
9. Patten was awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2001.
10. Patten’s poem So Many Different Lengths of Time has become a popular poem recited at funerals.
11. Patten views poetry as performing an important social function, “reminding us of things that are important to us when the world overtakes us emotionally”.

Where does Brian Patten come from?

Liverpool, United Kingdom

What do you know about Brian Patten?

Brian Patten is a popular poet and performer, equally successful in his parallel career as a children’s author. In many ways, his books for adults and children have much in common: his ‘adult’ collection Grave Gossip (1979), for instance, has poems about Brer Rabbit, and a fable-like tale ‘The Mule’s Favourite Dream’.

What is Roger McGough most famous poem?

• Beguiling.
• Cake.
• First Day at School.
• Goodbat Nightman.
• Kinetic Poem 2.
• Let Me Die a Youngman’s Death.
• Mrs Moon.
• Soil.

How old is Brianpatten?

76 years (February 7, 1946)

How long does a man live Patten?

So many different lengths of time, Brian Patten How long does a man live after all? A thousand days or only one? One week or a few centuries? and what do we mean when we say gone forever?