John Birtwhistle
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John Birtwhistle is a British poet whose subject-matter is often political, cultural or historical. He won an Eric Gregory Award
from the Society of Authors
in 1975. He was a university lecturer in English until retirement. Some of his early work was translated by Ştefan Augustin Doinaş
and published in Romanian. His 1996 libretto for The Fabulous Adventures of Alexander the Great by composer David Blake
was translated into Greek.
Eric Gregory Award
The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission. The awards are up to a sum value of £24000 annually....
from the Society of Authors
Society of Authors
The Society of Authors is a trade union for professional writers that was founded in 1884 to protect the rights of writers and fight to retain those rights .It has counted amongst its members and presidents numerous notable writers and poets including Tennyson The Society of Authors (UK) is a...
in 1975. He was a university lecturer in English until retirement. Some of his early work was translated by Ştefan Augustin Doinaş
Stefan Augustin Doinas
Ştefan Augustin Doinaş was a Romanian Neoclassical poet of the Communist era....
and published in Romanian. His 1996 libretto for The Fabulous Adventures of Alexander the Great by composer David Blake
David Blake (composer)
David Blake is a British composer born in London in 1936. Following National Service Blake learnt Mandarin Chinese and spent one year in Hong Kong. He went on to read music at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where his teachers were Patrick Hadley, Peter Tranchell and Raymond Leppard...
was translated into Greek.
External links
- John Birtwhistle on WorldCatWorldCatWorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center global cooperative...