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'''Herbert Lomas''' (7 February 1924 [[Yorkshire, England]] ) is a British [[poet]], and translator. |
'''Herbert Lomas''' (7 February 1924 - 9 September 2011) [[Yorkshire, England]] ) is a British [[poet]], and translator. |
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Revision as of 19:50, 9 September 2011
Herbert Lomas (7 February 1924 - 9 September 2011) Yorkshire, England ) is a British poet, and translator.
Life
He served in the infantry in 1943-46.[1] He graduated from University of Liverpool. He taught at University of Helsinki and Borough Road College, University of London. He married Mary Marshall Phelps on 29 June 1968; they had one son Matthew and one daughter Lucy.[2]
He is a "prolific translator" from Finnish.[3][4]
He lives in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.[5]
Awards
- Guinness Poetry Competition
- 1982 Cholmondeley Award
- Order of the White Rose of Finland
Works
Poetry
- Chimpanzees are blameless creatures, Mandarin Books, 1969
- Who needs Money?, 1972
- Private and confidential, London Magazine Editions, 1974
- Public Footpath, Anvil Press, 1981
- Fire in the garden Oxford University Press, 1984
- Letters in the Dark Oxford University Press, 1986
- Trouble Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992
- Selected Poems Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995, ISBN 9781856196130
- A Useless Passion London Magazine Editions, 1999
- The Vale of Todmorden Arc Publications, 2003, ISBN 978190007281-6
- A Casual Knack of Living - Collected Poems Arc Publications, 2009, ISBN 978-1-906570-41-5
Translations
- Territorial Song, London Magazine Editions, 1981
- Contemporary Finnish Poetry, Bloodaxe Books, 1991, ISBN 9781852241476
- Fugue, Kai Nieminen, Musta Taide, Helsinki, 1992
- Wings of Hope and Daring 1992
- Wings of the Fingertips are Opening Leena Krohn, Musta Taide, Helsinki, 1993
- The Black and the Red Ilpo Tiihonen, Making Waves, 1993
- Narcissus in Winter Risto Ahti, Making Waves, 1994
- The Year of the Hare, Arto Paasilinna, Peter Owen, 1995
- Two Sequences for Kuhmo, Lauri Otonkoski, Kuhmon Kamarimusikin Kannatusyhdistys RY, 1994
- Eeva-Liisa Manner: Selected Poems, Making Waves, 1997
- Three Finnish Poets, London Magazine Editions, 1999
- A Tenant Here: Selected Poems of Pentti Holappa, The Dedalus Press, 1999
- Gaia, a Musical for Children, Ilpo Tiihonen, Suomen Kansallisteatteri, 2000
- Johanna Sinisalo (2004). Troll: a love story. Translator Herbert Lomas. Grove Press. ISBN 9780802141293.
References
- ^ http://www.hlomas.freeserve.co.uk/
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=xTG2qvxxYNsC&pg=PA200&dq=Herbert+Lomas+poet&lr=&as_brr=3
- ^ Olive Classe (2000). Encyclopedia of literary translation into English. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781884964367.
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=Zlcg29QYnqMC&pg=PA569&dq=Herbert+Lomas&lr=&as_brr=3
- ^ http://www.arcpublications.co.uk/biography.htm?writer_id=121