Herbert Lomas (poet)
Herbert Lomas (7 February 1924 – 9 September 2011) was a British poet and translator. He served in the infantry from 1943 to 1946).[1] He then graduated from University of Liverpool, and taught at the University of Helsinki and Borough Road College. Lomas was a "prolific translator" from Finnish.[2][3] In Finland, Lomas was married to Anna-Liisa Partanen (née Aatila) from 28 July 1956 to 29 May 1968. They had no children together but Lomas was stepfather to Anna-Liisa's four children. Later, Lomas married Mary Marshall Phelps on 29 June 1968; they had one son and one daughter.[4]
Awards[edit]
- Guinness Poetry Competition
- 1982 Cholmondeley Award
- Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland[1]
Works[edit]
Poetry[edit]
- Chimpanzees are blameless creatures, Mandarin Books, 1969
- Who needs Money?, Blond and Briggs, 1972
- Private and confidential, London Magazine Editions, 1974
- Public Footpath, Anvil Press, 1981
- Fire in the garden Oxford University Press, 1984
- Letters in the Dark Oxford University Press, 1986
- Trouble Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992
- Selected Poems Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995, ISBN 978-1-85619-613-0
- A Useless Passion London Magazine Editions, 1999
- The Vale of Todmorden Arc Publications, 2003, ISBN 978-1-900072-81-6
- A Casual Knack of Living – Collected Poems Arc Publications, 2009, ISBN 978-1-906570-41-5
Translations[edit]
- Territorial Song, London Magazine Editions, 1981
- Contemporary Finnish Poetry, Bloodaxe Books, 1991, ISBN 978-1-85224-147-6
- Fugue by Kai Nieminen. Musta Taide, Helsinki, 1992
- Wings of Hope and Daring, 1992
- Wings of the Fingertips are Opening by Leena Krohn. Musta Taide, Helsinki, 1993
- The Black and the Red by Ilpo Tiihonen. Making Waves, 1993
- Narcissus in Winter by Risto Ahti, Making Waves, 1994
- The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna. Peter Owen, 1995
- Two Sequences for Kuhmo by Lauri Otonkoski & Kuhmon Kamarimusikin. Kannatusyhdistys RY, 1994
- Eeva-Liisa Manner: Selected Poems, Making Waves, 1997
- Three Finnish Poets, London Magazine Editions, 1999
- A Tenant Here: Selected Poems of Pentti Holappa. Dedalus Press, 1999
- Gaia, a Musical for Children by Ilpo Tiihonen. Suomen Kansallisteatteri, 2000
- Troll: a love story by Johanna Sinisalo. Grove Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8021-4129-3
References[edit]
- ^ a b Profile of Herbert Lomas Archived 23 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Olive Classe (2000). Encyclopedia of literary translation into English. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-884964-36-7.
- ^ France, Peter (2000). The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. ISBN 978-0-19-818359-4.
- ^ Info re marriage and children
External links[edit]
- "Author's website"
- Herbert Lomas papers at the John Rylands Library, Manchester
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Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2011 deaths
- Translators to English
- Alumni of the University of Liverpool
- Academic staff of the University of Helsinki
- British Army personnel of World War II
- People from Todmorden
- People from Aldeburgh
- 20th-century translators
- British male poets
- 20th-century British poets
- 20th-century British male writers
- British expatriates in Finland