Francis Berry
|
|
Francis Berry (born March 23 1915) is a British academic, poet, critic and translator. He was born in Ipoh, Malaya. He held various appointments in English literature; from 1970 to retirement in 1980, he was professor at Royal Holloway College, University of London. He also wrote radio plays, and a novel I Tell of Greenland (1977).
His first collection of poetry, Gospel of Fire, was published in (1933); his Collected Poems, drawing on 11 books, appeared in 1994. His work has been praised by G. Wilson Knight and Philip Hobsbaum. His critical writing included books on John Masefield and Herbert Read.
Book
I tell of Greenland: an edited translation of the Saudarkrokur manuscripts. Francis Berry, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977.