BURNETT, Alfred David

BURNETT, Alfred David. British, b. 1937. Genres: Poetry, Intellectual history, Librarianship, Literary criticism and history, Translations. Career: Glasgow University Library, library assistant, 1959-64; Durham University Library, assistant librarian, 1964-90, part time, 1990-96. Publications: Mandala, 1967; Diversities, 1968; A Ballad upon a Wedding, 1969; Columbaria, 1971; Shimabara, 1972; 30 Snow Poems, 1973; Fescennines, 1973; (with S. Simsova and R.K. Gupta) Studies in Comparative Librarianship, 1973; The True Vine, 1974; The Abbott Collection of Literary Manuscripts, 1975; Hero and Leander, 1975; He and She, 1976; The Heart's Undesign, 1977; Figures and Spaces, 1978; (with E. Havard-Williams) International Library and Information Programmes, 1978; Jackdaw, 1980; (with H.A. Whatley) Language and Literacy, 1981; Thais, 1981; Romans, 1983; Vines, 1984; Arabic Resources, 1986; Autolycus, 1987; Technology for Information in Development, 1988; Kantharos, 1989; Pharos, 1989; Lesbos, 1990; Root and Flower, 1990; The Presence of Japan, 1991; Crystal and Flint, 1991; (with J. Cayley) Mirror and Pool, 1992; 9 Poets, 1993; Temenos, privately printed, 1993; The Olive of Odysseus, 1993; The Island: A Poem, 1994, 2nd. ed., 1996; 12 Poems, 1994; Something of Myself, 1994; 6 Poems, 1995; Transfusions: Poems from the French, 1995; Transfusions: An Introduction, 1995; Hokusai, 1996; Marina Tsvetaeva, 1996; Moschatel and Morning Star, 1997; Chesil Beach: A Poem, 1997; Akhmatova, 1998; The Engraved Title-Page of Bacon's Instauratio Magna, 1998; A Thinker for All Seasons, 2000; Butterflies, 2000; Cinara, 2001; Evergreens, 2002; Sister Margaret Tournour, 2003; Quoins for the Chase, 2003. Address: 33 Hastings Ave, Merry Oaks, Durham DH1 3QG, England.