Arthur Boyars (28 May 1925 – 6 August 2017)[1] was a British poet and musicologist, who was also a translator and critic, literary editor and publisher.
Arthur Boyars | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 May 1925 |
| Died | 6 August 2017 (aged 92) |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Occupations | Poet, translator and publisher |
| Spouse | Marion Lobbenberg |
His Poems were published in 1944 by Fortune Press. Boyars started the small magazine Mandrake in 1945 with John Wain while at Wadham College, Oxford,[2][3] subtitled "An Oxford Review";[4] it was published until 1957.[5] Boyars was editor of Oxford Poetry in 1948.[2] He is known also as a translator of Russian poetry. He became the second husband of Marion Lobbenberg, who formed a partnership with John Calder in the publishing house Calder & Boyars. Boyars's name is associated with the Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko.[6] In 2011, Boyars published a limited edition of his own poetry, Dictations: Selected Poems 1940–2009, which was described by the critic Alberto Manguel as "Dantesque".[1]
Works
edit- (ed. with Barry Hamer), Oxford Poetry 1948, Oxford: Blackwell, 1948
- (trans. with David Burg) Yuli Daniel, Prison Poems, 1971
- (trans. with Simon Franklin) Yevgeny Yevtushenko, The Face Behind the Face, 1979
- Dictations: Selected Poems 1940–2009, Lexington: The Philidor Company, 2011
References
edit- 1 2 Jacobs, Nicholas (14 August 2017). "Arthur Boyars, gifted poet and publisher with a passion for music". The Independent.
- 1 2 "History of the Magazine". Oxford Poetry. Magdalen College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ↑ Empson, William; John Haffenden (2006). Selected letters of William Empson. Oxford University Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-19-928684-3. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ↑ Ford, Dr. Richard. "One Autograph Letter Signed and one Typed Letter Signed to Michael Fraenkel". Object description. Richard Ford. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ↑ "Late Gifts". PN Review 207. 39 (1). September–October 2012.
- ↑ "The Solitary Walker: The Day I Met Yevgeny Yevtushenko". Blogger. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
External links
edit- www.arthurboyars.com contains some of Arthur Boyars' early poetry.
- Boyars, Arthur. "Transcript of poem, 'Funeral'". The Kenyon Review: The International Journal of Literature, Culture and the Arts. The National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2010.