Alan Brownjohn
Encyclopedia
Alan Charles Brownjohn FRSL (born 28 July 1931) is an English
poet
and novelist.
He was born in London
and educated at Merton College, Oxford
. He taught until 1979, when he became a full-time writer. He participated in Philip Hobsbaum
's weekly poetry discussion meetings known as The Group
.
Alan Brownjohn is a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and novelist.
He was born in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and educated at Merton College, Oxford
Merton College, Oxford
Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to...
. He taught until 1979, when he became a full-time writer. He participated in Philip Hobsbaum
Philip Hobsbaum
Philip Dennis Hobsbaum was a British teacher, poet and critic.-Life:Hobsbaum was born into a Polish Jewish family in London, and brought up in Bradford, in Yorkshire. He read English at Downing College, Cambridge, where he was taught and heavily influenced by F. R. Leavis...
's weekly poetry discussion meetings known as The Group
The Group (literature)
The Group was an informal group of poets who met in London from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s. As a poetic movement in Great Britain it is often seen as a being the successor to The Movement.-Cambridge:...
.
Alan Brownjohn is a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association
British Humanist Association
The British Humanist Association is an organisation of the United Kingdom which promotes Humanism and represents "people who seek to live good lives without religious or superstitious beliefs." The BHA is committed to secularism, human rights, democracy, egalitarianism and mutual respect...
.
Works
- Travellers Alone (1954) poems
- The Railings (1961) poems
- To Clear the River (1964) novel, as John Berrington
- Penguin Modern Poets 14 (1965) with Michael HamburgerMichael HamburgerMichael Hamburger OBE was a noted British translator, poet, critic, memoirist, and academic. He was known in particular for his translations of Friedrich Hölderlin, Paul Celan, Gottfried Benn and W. G. Sebald from German, and his work in literary criticism...
, Charles TomlinsonCharles TomlinsonAlfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE is a British poet and translator, and also an academic and artist. He was born and raised in Penkhull in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.-Life:... - The Lions' Mouths (1967)
- A Day by Indirections (1969) broadsheet poem
- First I Say This: A Selection of Poems for Reading Aloud (1969) editor
- Sandgrains On A Tray (1969)
- Woman Reading Aloud (1969) broadsheet poem
- Synopsis (1970)
- Brownjohn's Beasts (1970)
- Transformation Scene (1971) broadside poem
- An Equivalent (1971) poem
- New Poems 1970-71. A P.E.N. Anthology of Contemporary Poetry (1971) edited with Seamus HeaneySeamus HeaneySeamus Heaney is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer. He lives in Dublin. Heaney has received the Nobel Prize in Literature , the Golden Wreath of Poetry , T. S. Eliot Prize and two Whitbread prizes...
and Jon StallworthyJon StallworthyJon Stallworthy FBA FRSL is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow and Acting President of Wolfson College, a poet, and literary critic.... - Warrior's Career (1972)
- She Made of It (1974)
- A Song of Good Life (1975)
- Philip Larkin (1975)
- New Poetry 3, Arts Council anthology (1977) edited with Maureen DuffyMaureen DuffyMaureen Patricia Duffy is a contemporary British poet, playwright and novelist. She has also published a literary biography of Aphra Behn, and The Erotic World of Faery a book-length study of eroticism in faery fantasy literature.-Life and work:After a tough childhood, Duffy took her degree in...
- A Night in the Gazebo (1980)
- Nineteen Poems (1980)
- Collected Poems 1952–1983 (1983)
- The Old Flea-Pit (1987)
- The Observation Car (1990) poems
- The Gregory Anthology 1987-1990 (1990) editor with K. W. Gransden
- The Way You Tell Them: A Yarn of the Nineties (1990) novel
- Inertia Reel (1992) broadside poem
- In the Cruel Arcade (1994)
- The Long Shadows (1997) novel
- Horace by Pierre Corneille (1997) translator
- The Cat without E-mail (Enitharmon PressEnitharmon PressEnitharmon Press is an independent British publishing house specialising in poetry.The name of the press comes from the poetry of William Blake: Enitharmon was a character who represented spiritual beauty and poetic inspiration. The press's logo "derives from a Blake woodcut".-History:The Press was...
2001) - A Funny Old Year (2001) novel
- The Men Around Her Bed (Enitharmon PressEnitharmon PressEnitharmon Press is an independent British publishing house specialising in poetry.The name of the press comes from the poetry of William Blake: Enitharmon was a character who represented spiritual beauty and poetic inspiration. The press's logo "derives from a Blake woodcut".-History:The Press was...
2004) - Windows on the Moon (2009) novel
- Ludbrooke and Others (Enitharmon PressEnitharmon PressEnitharmon Press is an independent British publishing house specialising in poetry.The name of the press comes from the poetry of William Blake: Enitharmon was a character who represented spiritual beauty and poetic inspiration. The press's logo "derives from a Blake woodcut".-History:The Press was...
2010)
External links
- Alan Brownjohn - Poetry Archive website
- Enitharmon Press website