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Christopher Logue, CBE (23 November 1926 – 2 December 2011)〔Mark Espiner (Obituary: Christopher Logue ), ''The Guardian'', 2 December 2011〕 was an English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival and a pacifist. == Life == Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and brought up in the Portsmouth area, he was the only child of middle-aged parents, John and Molly Logue, who married late. He attended Roman Catholic schools, including St John's College, Portsmouth, Prior Park College, before going to Portsmouth Grammar School. On call-up, he enlisted in the Black Watch, and was posted to Palestine. He was court-martialled in 1945 over a scheme to sell stolen pay books, and sentenced to 16 months imprisonment, served partly in Acre Prison. He lived in Paris from 1951 to 1956, and was a friend of Alexander Trocchi.〔 In 1958 he joined the first Aldermaston march, organised by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War. He was on the Committee of 100. He served a month in jail for refusing to be bound over not to continue with the celebrated 17 September 1961 Parliament Square sit-down.〔''Peace News'', 15 September 1961〕 He told the Bow Street magistrate, "I came here to save your life. But, having heard what you have to say, I don't think the end justifies the means." In Drake Hall open prison he and fellow protesters were set to work – "Some wit allocated it" – demolishing a munitions factory.〔''Daily Telegraph'', obituary, 6 December 2011〕 He was friends for many years with author and translator Austryn Wainhouse, with whom he carried on a lively correspondence for decades.〔Austryn Wainhouse Papers, Syracuse University.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Logue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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