Arthur Hubert Terry (17 February 1927 – 24 January 2004) was an English philologist, critic and translator, who was an expert in

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, and one of the best experts on

Joan Maragall Joan Maragall i Gorina (; 10 October 1860 in Barcelona – 20 December 1911) was a Spanish poet, journalist and translator, the foremost member of the ''modernisme'' movement in literature. His manuscripts are preserved in the Joan Maragall ...

. He was Professor of Spanish at

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(1962–73) and Professor of Literature at the

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(1973–93).

Biography

Terry was born in York in 1927 and studied at Saint Peter's school in the same city. In 1947 he got his philology degree at the

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, where he was pupil of J. B.Trend. He came to

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

for the first time in 1949 through a grant in order to study early Catalan monasticism.Nicholas Round
"Arthur Terry obituary"
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'', 19 February 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2021. From 1950 until 1972 he taught Hispanic languages and literatures at the

, where he was professor from 1962 until 1973 (succeeding Ignacio González-Llubera). Then he was appointed literature professor at the

in 1973; he remained in the chair until retirement in 1993.Peter Hulme
"Obituary: Professor Arthur Terry"
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'', 4 February 2004, p. 18. In 1976 he published an anthology of

Ausiàs March Ausiàs March (Catalan and ; 1400March 3, 1459) was a medieval Valencian poet and knight from Gandia, Valencia. He is considered one of the most important poets of the "Golden Century" (''Segle d'or'') of Catalan/Valencian literature. Biography ...

's poems with English translations and coordinated a series of essays about

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. He was a great expert in modern Catalan poetry, and also in Spanish poetry. His study about

Antonio Machado Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz (26 July 1875 – 22 February 1939), known as Antonio Machado, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation ...

's ''Campos de Castilla'' in 1973 must be pointed out. His translations into English from

Joan Brossa Joan Brossa (; 19 January 1919 – 30 December 1998) was a Catalan poet, playwright, graphic designer and visual artist. He wrote only in the Catalan language. He was one of the founders of both the group and the publication known as Dau-al-Set ...

and

Gabriel Ferrater Gabriel Ferrater i Soler (; 20 May 1922 – 27 April 1972) was an author, translator and scholar of linguistics of the sixties who wrote in the Catalan language. His poetical work is one of the most important among the authors of post-war Catalo ...

must also be pointed out.

Awards

He was president of the Anglo-Catalan Society from 1962 to 1965 and from the International Assotiation of Catalan Language and Literature from 1982 to 1988. In 1982 he received the Creu de Sant Jordi Award, in 1995 he received the Ramon Llull International Prize and in 2001 the

Serra d'Or ''Serra d'Or'' () is a Catalan magazine that appeared in October 1959. It was promoted by a group of university students, and was published by the Montserrat abbey press, with a monthly circulation of 8.000 copies. Origins The origins of the magaz ...

Critics Prize.

Works

* ''La poesia de

'' (1963). * ''An Anthology of Spanish Poetry 1500-1700'' (1968). * ''Catalan Literature'' (1972). * ''Quatre poetes catalans. Ferrater, Brossa, Gimferrer, Xirau'' (1992). * ''Modern Catalan Poetry: A European Perspective'' (1991). * ''Readings of J.V. Foix: An Anthology'' (1998). * ''Three Fifteenth-century Valencian Poets'' (2000). * ''La idea del lenguaje en la poesía española: Crespo Sánchez Robayna y Valente'' (2002). * ''A Companion to Catalan Literature'' (2003).

References

External links

Arthur Terry
on the Association of Catalan Language Writers website.
Arthur Terry's obituary in The Independent
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