John Cooper Clarke vs. John Updike
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
John Cooper Clarke
1949 – present
John Cooper Clarke, also known as JCC and "The Bard of Salford", is an English performance poet and comedian who was often referred to as a "punk poet" in the late 1970s. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he released several albums and performed on stage with punk and post-punk bands and has continued to write and perform since. The title of his first poetry anthology, Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt, published in 1982, was also used for a documentary film about him in the same year.
"All my life, all I wanted to be was a professional poet. To me being a professional poet was better than notching up a hat trick at Old Trafford.....You get to …"
John Updike
1932 – 2009
John Updike (1932–2009) was an American novelist, poet, and literary critic best known for his 'Rabbit' series of novels and his detailed portrayals of mid‑20th‑century American life. He won multiple awards including two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction.
"It is easy to love people in memory the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you."
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