Frank Pearce Sturm (1879–1942) was an English poet and translator, known for his 1906 translations of
Baudelaire
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited fro ...
; his short poem ''Still-heart'' is a popular favourite.
During the 1920s he was a collaborator and correspondent of
W. B. Yeats
William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish liter ...
, particularly in matters of
astrology.
References
*''Frank Pearce Sturm: His Life, Letters and Collected Work'' (1969) Richard Taylor
English translators
1879 births
1942 deaths
English male poets
English male non-fiction writers
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