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

Guinness Poetry Competition
1982 Cholmondeley Award
Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland^[1]

Works

Poetry

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 978-1-950072-81-6
A Casual Knack of Living – Collected Poems Arc Publications, 2009, ISBN 978-1-906570-41-5

Translations

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

^ ^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. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-818359-4.
^ Info re marriage and children

External links

"Author's website"
Herbert Lomas papers at the John Rylands Library, Manchester

[freeserve-1] Profile of Herbert Lomas Archived 23 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Olive Classe (2000). Encyclopedia of literary translation into English. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-884964-36-7.

[3] France, Peter (2000). The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-818359-4.

[4] Info re marriage and children

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