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Francis Berry (23 March 1915 – 10 October 2006〔(''Daily Telegraph'' obituary )〕) was a British academic, poet, critic and translator. He was born in Ipoh, Malaya, and educated at the University of London and the University of Exeter. After serving as a soldier, and then as a schoolteacher in Malta, he held various appointments in English literature. He was professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield from 1947 to 1970, where he was a friend of William Empson.〔Haffenden, John, ed., ''Selected Letters of William Empson'', Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 387, 423-4, 455, 686.〕 From 1970 until his retirement in 1980, he was professor at Royal Holloway, 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〔(Obituary ), ''The Guardian'', 31 October 2006〕 and Philip Hobsbaum.〔Hobsbaum, Philip, ''Tradition and Experiment in English Poetry'', 1979〕 His critical writing includes 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. 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「Francis Berry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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