''King Ink'' is a collection of poetry,

lyrics Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a "libretto" and their writer, a ...

, plays and writings by Australian musician and author

Nick Cave Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian singer, songwriter, poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor. Known for his baritone voice and for fronting the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ca ...

. It was first published in the United Kingdom by

Black Spring Press Black Spring Press is an independent English publishing house founded in the early 1980s. The first Black Spring publication was a reprint of Anais Nin's ''D.H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study'', which on its first publication in 1932 had been ...

in 1988.

Other editions

''King Ink'' was also published in Japan and Italy in 1988. The Japanese version contains pictures and illustrations. In 1993, it was published in the United States by 2.13.61. Translated versions of ''King Ink'' have also been published. German translations were done by Peter Selinka Verlag in 1992 and Czech translations were published by Mata, under the title ''Král Smírák''. Italian versions are titled ''Re Inkiostro'', Spanish versions are titled ''Canciones y Prosa – King Ink'', and Greek and French translations also exist.

References

{{Nick Cave 1988 books Books by Nick Cave