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Harry Ricketts (born 1950) is a poet, biographer, editor, anthologist, critic, academic, literary scholar and cricket writer. Best known for his biographies of Rudyard Kipling〔Elizabeth Lowry, "The Unforgiving Minute – A life of Rudyard Kipling", Times Literary Supplement, Times, London, (5003), 1999, pp. 3–4〕 and of a dozen British First World War poets,〔Andrew Motion, Guardian (UK) online, Saturday 13 November 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/13/strange-meetings-poets-war-review" \t "_blank" http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/13/strange-meetings-poets-war-review; and Jonathan Beckman, ''New Statesman'' (UK) online, 18 November 2010. http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2010/11/war-poets-poetry-sassoon" \t "_blank" http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2010/11/war-poets-poetry-sassoon〕 his poems, essays and short fiction have also appeared internationally. == Life == Ricketts was born in London in 1950. His father Jack (John) Ricketts was a career officer in the British Army, serving in World War II and in Malaya and Hong Kong in the 1950s.〔Harry Ricketts, "Snapshots of my Father", in ''Sons of the Fathers'', edited by Bill Sewell (North Shore City, N.Z., Tandem Press, 1997).〕 Ricketts was brought up in London, Malaysia and Hong Kong.〔4 Roger Robinson, ''Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature'' (Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1998), p. 467.〕 He was educated first at a prep school in Kent and later at Wellington College, Berkshire.〔Harry Ricketts, ''How to Live Elsewhere'' (Four Winds Press, Wellington, 2004).〕 From an early age, Ricketts developed a strong interest in cricket and opened the bowling for two years for the Wellington College First XI.〔Harry Ricketts, "Snapshots of my Father", in ''Sons of the Fathers'', edited by Bill Sewell (North Shore City, N.Z., Tandem Press, 1997).〕 After school, Ricketts studied English at Oxford University completing a BA (1st Class Honours) and an MLitt on Kipling's short stories (1975).〔Robinson, p. 467.〕 He then taught at the University of Hong Kong (1974–1977) and the University of Leicester (1978–1981) before moving to New Zealand.〔Harry Ricketts, ''How to Live Elsewhere'' (Four Winds Press, Wellington, 2004).〕 At Leicester, he knew the poet and critic G. S. Fraser and became friends with the poet Robert Wells.〔Harry Ricketts, "Three Poems for George Fraser" in ''Nothing to Declare'' (HeadworX Publishers, Wellington, 1998).〕 In 1981, Ricketts took up a lectureship in the English Department at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and for many years has run a popular Modern Poetry course, combining British, American and New Zealand poets.〔Robinson, p. 467.〕 In the 1990s he taught poetry workshops for the Continuing Education Centre at Victoria〔Publisher's Preface in ''Nothing to Declare'' (HeadworX Publishers, Wellington, 1998).〕 and more recently has taught non-fiction and fiction writing courses for the IIML (International Institute of Modern Letters). Outside of academic life, Ricketts kept up his fascination with cricket, playing for one of the Victoria University Cricket Club teams in Wellington until his late fifties. One of his sons, Will Ricketts, is percussionist in the New Zealand band The Phoenix Foundation. Ricketts was appointed a Professor in the Department of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies at Victoria in 2012. 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「Harry Ricketts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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