Graham, Desmond

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GRAHAM, Desmond

GRAHAM, Desmond. British, b. 1940. Genres: Poetry, Literary criticism and history, Biography, Translations. Career: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, reader in modern English poetry, 1997-2000, professor of poetry, 2000-. Visiting lecturer, Munich University, Germany, 1968-70, Mannheim University, 1970-71, and Gdansk University, Poland, 1984. Opera News, NYC, correspondent, 1969-71. Publications: Introduction to Poetry, 1968; Keith Douglas 1920-1944: A Biography, 1974; The Truth of War: Owen, Blunden, and Rosenberg, 1984; Seren Poets 2, 1990; A Set of Signs for Chopin's 24 Preludes, 1990; A Rumtopt for Summer 1990; The Lie of Horizons, 1993; (trans. with T.P. Krzeszowski) A. Kamienska, Two Darknesses: Selected Poems, 1994; The Marching Bands, 1996; Not Falling, 1999; After Shakespeare, 2001. EDITOR: The Complete Poems of Keith Douglas, 1978; K. Douglas, Alamein to Zem Zem, 1979; K. Douglas, A Prose Miscellany, 1985; Poetry of the Second World War: An International Anthology, 1995; Keith Douglas: The Letters, 2000. Address: 6 Greenfield Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6AX, England.

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