Anthony Barnett is an English poet, essayist and
music historian
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Literary works
Barnett's volumes of poetry and short prose include collected ''Poems &'', collected ''Translations'', ''Lithos'', ''The Making of a Story'', ''Like Those of an Eerie Ruin'', ''Book Paradise: Spillikins'' (with drawings by Lucy Rose Cunningham). ''Antonyms Anew: Barbs & Loves'' is a collection of critical essays. He was the publisher of the first edition of
J. H. Prynne’s collected ''Poems'' (1982), and edited Veronica Forrest-Thomson's ''Collected Poems and Translations'' (1990) and ''Collected Poems'' (2008). Barnett's work is represented in the anthologies ''A Various Art''; ''Poets on Writing: Britain, 1970–1991''; ''
Other: British and Irish Poetry since 1970''; Cambridge University Press Contexts in Literature ''Contemporary Poetry: Poets and Poetry Since 1990''. His translations include
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
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Anne-Marie Albiach
Anne-Marie Albiach (9 August 1937 – 4 November 2012) was a contemporary French poet and translator.
Overview
Anne-Marie Albiach's was a renowned French poet and writer born in Saint -Nazaire, France on 9 August 1937. Anne- Marie Albiach ...
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Roger Giroux,
Pär Lagerkvist,
Tarjei Vesaas,
Andrea Zanzotto
Andrea Zanzotto (10 October 1921 – 18 October 2011) was an Italian poet.
Biography
Andrea Zanzotto was born in Pieve di Soligo (province of Treviso, Veneto), Italy to Giovanni and Carmela Bernardi.
His father, Giovanni (born 18 November ...
. In 2002 he was visiting scholar at the Center for International Programs, Meiji University, Tokyo. The lecture he gave there is published as ''InExperience and UnCommon Sense in Translation''. He co-edits and publishes the literary, music and arts journal ''Snow lit rev'' (from 2013).
Music works
He has worked as a percussionist, notably with
John Tchicai. Barnett has written extensively on African-American violinists, in particular
Stuff Smith: ''Desert Sands'',
Eddie South
Edward Otha South (November 27, 1904 – April 25, 1962) was an American jazz violinist.
Biography
South studied classical music in Budapest, Paris, and Chicago. He turned to jazz because, as a Black musician, there was no room for him in class ...
: ''Black Gypsy,''
Juice Wilson
Robert "Juice" Wilson (January 21, 1904 – May 22, 1993) was an American jazz violinist.
Biography
Wilson grew up an orphan and was raised by his uncle from age three in Chicago. He began playing drums in the Chicago Militia Boys Band, then sw ...
: ''Fallen from the Moon: Robert Edward Juice Wilson: His Life on Earth: A Dossier''. He produces CDs on his AB Fable Violin Improvisation Studies label, and for other labels. He is the author of ''Listening for Henry Crowder: A Monograph on His Almost Lost Music'' (Allardyce Book, 2007), about the pianist consort of
Nancy Cunard. ''UnNatural Music: John Lennon & Yoko Ono in Cambridge 1969'' is his account of the circumstances surrounding their appearance at the ''Natural Music'' concert, which he produced.
References
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External links
* Allardyce, Barnett, Publishers / AB Fable: http://www.abar.net
* ''UnNatural Music'': http://www.abar.net/lennonono.pdf
* ''Listening for Henry Crowder'': http://www.abar.net/crowder.htm
* ''Fallen from the Moon'': http://www.abar.net/moon.pdf
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Living people
English music historians
English male poets
English male non-fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)