Alastair Reid (1) (1926–2014)
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Alastair Reid was born in Galloway, Scotland on March 22, 1926. He was a poet, translator, and essayist. He wrote more than a 100 articles and poems for The New Yorker, beginning in 1943 and ending in 2004. He translated the works of Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda. He was the author of several mehr anzeigen collections of poetry including Oddments Inklings Omens Moments, Passwords, Weathering, Inside Out, and Outside In. He died on September 21, 2014 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Alastair Reid, author of "Outside In" and "Ounce, Dice, Trice"
Werke von Alastair Reid
An Alastair Reid Reader: Selected Poetry and Prose (Bread Loaf Series of Contemporary Writers) (1994) 7 Exemplare
Allth 2 Exemplare
Curiosity 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Übersetzer — 72 Exemplare
The Upheaval of War: Family, Work and Welfare in Europe, 1914-1918 (1989) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Antaeus No. 73/74, Spring 1994 - Who’s Writing This: Notations on the Authorial I {magazine} (1994) — Übersetzer — 5 Exemplare
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Wissenswertes
- Geburtstag
- 1926-03-22
- Todestag
- 2014-09-22
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Sterbeort
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
London, England, UK
Spain
Switzerland
Mexico
Chile (Zeige alle 8)
Argentina
Dominican Republic - Ausbildung
- University of St Andrews (did not graduate)
- Berufe
- translator
poet
editor
essayist
Coder in Royal Navy (WW2) - Organisationen
- The New Yorker (South American Editor)
Royal Navy (WWII)
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Supposing... von Alastair Reid
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
From brainpickings
... [a] marvelous exploration of the nooks and crannies of language, real and imagined, through obscure, esoteric, and invented words for familiar things that are as mind-bending as they are tongue-twisting...
Reid writes to his young readers
"if you grow to love words for their own sake, you will begin to collect words yourself, and you will be grateful, as I am, to all the people who collect odd words and edit odd dictionaries, out of sheer astonishment and affection."… (mehr)
... [a] marvelous exploration of the nooks and crannies of language, real and imagined, through obscure, esoteric, and invented words for familiar things that are as mind-bending as they are tongue-twisting...
Reid writes to his young readers
"if you grow to love words for their own sake, you will begin to collect words yourself, and you will be grateful, as I am, to all the people who collect odd words and edit odd dictionaries, out of sheer astonishment and affection."… (mehr)
Superbly quirky fun with words - and meant to be read aloud.
Many, many thanks to our children's librarian for pulling this for Z.
Many, many thanks to our children's librarian for pulling this for Z.
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