James Findlay Hendry (12 September 1912 – 17 December 1986) was a Scottish

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

known also as an editor and writer. He was born in

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, and read Modern Languages at the

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. During

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he served in the

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and the Intelligence Corps. After the war he worked as a translator for international organizations, including the UN and the ILO. He later took a chair at Laurentian University. He died in

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. He edited with Henry Treece the poetry anthology ''The New Apocalypse'' (1939) which gave its name to the

New Apocalyptics The New Apocalyptics were a poetry grouping in the United Kingdom in the 1940s, taking their name from the anthology ''The New Apocalypse'' ( 1939), which was edited by J. F. Hendry (1912–1986) and Henry Treece. There followed the further anth ...

poetic group. The long poem ''Marimarusa'' was published in 1978.

Other works

*''The White Horseman'' (1941) poetry anthology with Henry Treece *''Bombed Happiness'' (1942); *''The Orchestral Mountain'' (1943) *''Scottish Short Stories'' (1943) (ed.) *''Crown and Sickle'' (1944) poetry anthology with Henry Treece *''The Blackbird of Ospo'' (1945) novel *''Fernie Brae'' (1947) novel *''Scottish Short Stories'' (1969) (ed.) *''Your Career as a Translator and Interpreter'' (1980) *''A World Alien'' (1980) *''The Sacred Threshold: a life of Rilke'' (1982) *''The Disinherited''

References

1912 births 1986 deaths Writers from Glasgow 20th-century Scottish poets Scottish male poets 20th-century British male writers British Army personnel of World War II Royal Artillery personnel Intelligence Corps soldiers Military personnel from Glasgow {{Scotland-writer-stub