Peter Whigham
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Peter George Whigham was an English poet and translator, widely known for his translation of the poems of Catullus
published by Penguin Books
in 1966
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Whigham was born in Oxford
in 1925, and was largely self-educated. He worked as a gardener, a school teacher, an actor, a newspaper reporter, and a script writer.
In the 1950s, he contributed to The European
, a magazine edited by Diana Mosley.
In the early 1960s he moved to Italy to devote himself entirely to writing.
In 1968-69 he was a guest lecturer in poetry at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as was Basil Bunting, Fred Turner, and Kenneth Rexroth. His seminar classes were popular among undergraduates new to the experience of living, modern poetry.
Catullus
Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Latin poet of the Republican period. His surviving works are still read widely, and continue to influence poetry and other forms of art.-Biography:...
published by Penguin Books
Penguin Books
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in 1966
1966 in poetry
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Whigham was born in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
in 1925, and was largely self-educated. He worked as a gardener, a school teacher, an actor, a newspaper reporter, and a script writer.
In the 1950s, he contributed to The European
The European (magazine)
The European was a privately circulated far-right cultural and political magazine that was published between 1953 and 1959. During this tenure, it was edited by Diana Mosley...
, a magazine edited by Diana Mosley.
In the early 1960s he moved to Italy to devote himself entirely to writing.
In 1968-69 he was a guest lecturer in poetry at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as was Basil Bunting, Fred Turner, and Kenneth Rexroth. His seminar classes were popular among undergraduates new to the experience of living, modern poetry.
Books
- The Blue Winged Bee: Love poems of the VIth Dalai Lama, Anvil (1969), ISBN 0900977027.
- Things Common, Properly: Selected Poems 1942 - 1982, Black Swan Books (1984), ISBN 0933806213.
External links
- Obituary in the New York Times