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translated by Maria Rewakowicz

Winner of the Max Jacob International Poetry Prize

Introduced by Marie-Thérèse Abdel-Messih Debunking the Heroic Self

Dennis Potter Michele Vassal In the performance of theseDennis Potter is the most gifted and influential playwright in television history. Millions of people have been fascinated by his novels, plays, adaptations and films. Brilliant Oxford student, journalist, an early television critic, a failed parliamentary candidate, Potter belongs to that generation of the working class which rose to prominence in the media during the sixties. Seldom less than controversial, Potter's plays have ranged from the lives