Edwin Muir ( English Edwin Muir , May 15, 1887 , Dirness, Orkney Islands - January 3, 1959 , Cambridge ) - English poet, literary critic, translator.
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Biography
The son of a farmer, ruined by the beginning of XX century, when the family was forced to move to Glasgow ( 1901 ). Following this, Edwin's parents and two brothers died in a short time. He replaced many unpleasant lessons. Began to be printed in 1913 , in 1918 published the first book, a collection of aphorisms We, modern . In 1919 he married Will Anderson, and this was, as he himself said, "the first happy event in life." In 1921 - 1923 the couple lived in Prague , Dresden , Italy, Vienna , Salzburg . Later they translated from German together, in their translations the works of Kafka , Feuchtwanger , Broch , Heinrich Mann , Sholom Asch, and others were published. Muir did not accept Scottish nationalism and always felt like Scotch, and opposed Hugh McDiarmid in this regard. In 1941 he headed the branch of the British Council in Edinburgh , in 1946 - in Prague, in 1949 - in Rome . In 1955 - 1956 he read the course of Norton lectures at Harvard . He died in Cambridge, where he was buried. In 1965 the volume of his chosen poems was collected and published by TS Eliot .
Books
- We Moderns: Enigmas and Guesses , London, George Allen & Unwin, 1918 (under the pseudonym Edward Moore)
- Latitudes , New York, BW Huebsch, 1924
- First Poems / First Poems , London, Hogarth Press, 1925
- Chorus of the Newly Dead , London, Hogarth Press, 1926
- Transition, an essay on contemporary literature / Transition: Essays on the Contemporary Literature , London, Hogarth Press, 1926
- The Marionette , London, Hogarth Press, 1927 (novel)
- Structure of the novel / The Structure of the Novel , London, Hogarth Press, 1928
- John Knox: Portrait of a Calvinist , London, Jonathan Cape, 1929
- The Three Brothers , London, Heinemann, 1931
- Poor Tom , London, JM Dent & Sons, 1932
- Variations on a Time Theme , London, JM Dent & Sons, 1934
- Journey to Scotland / Scottish Journey London, Heinemann; Victor Gollancz, 1935
- Journeys and Places , London, JM Dent & Sons, 1937
- The Present Age from 1914 , London, Cresset Press, 1939
- The Story and the Fable: An Autobiography , London, Harrap, 1940 (autobiography)
- The Narrow Place , London, Faber, 1943
- The Scots and Their Country / London, 1946
- The Voyage, and Other Poems , London, Faber, 1946
- Essays on literature and society / Essays on Literature and Society , London, Hogarth Press, 1949
- The Labyrinth , London, Faber, 1949
- Collected Poems, 1921-1951 , London, Faber, 1952
- Autobiography / An Autobiography , London: Hogarth Press, 1954
- Prometheus , London, Faber, 1954
- One Foot in Eden , New York, Grove Press, 1956
- The Property of Poetry / The Estate of Poetry , Cambridge, Harvard UP, 1962 (Norton Lectures)
- Collected Poems , London and New York, Oxford University Press, 1965
- The Politics of King Lear , New York, Haskell House, 1970
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Internet Speculative Fiction Database - 1995.
- B BNF ID : Open Data Platform - 2011.