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Henry Treece (22 December 1911 – 10 June 1966) was a British poet and writer,〔http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/50/101050498/〕 who worked also as a teacher and editor. He wrote a range of works, but became mainly remembered as a writer of juvenile historical novels. ==Life and work== Treece was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, and graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1933. He went into teaching, first at Tynemouth School. In 1939 he married Mary Woodman and settled in Lincolnshire as a teacher at Barton-upon-Humber Grammar School. Their son, Richard Treece, became a musician with Help Yourself and other rock bands.〔Sleevenotes by John Tobler to CD re-release of ''Strange Affair'', ''The Return of Ken Whaley'' and ''Happy Days'' (BGOCD 452)〕 His five volumes of poetry were: ''38 Poems'' (London: Fortune Press, 1940), then by Faber & Faber; ''Invitation and Warning'' 1942; ''The Black Seasons'' 1945; ''The Haunted Garden'' 1947; and ''The Exiles'' 1952. He appeared in the 1949 ''The New British Poets: an anthology'' edited by Kenneth Rexroth; but from 1952 with ''The Dark Island'' he devoted himself to fiction. His best known are his juvenile historical novels, particularly those set in the Viking age, although he also wrote some adult historical novels. Many of his novels are set in transitional periods in history, where more primitive societies are forced to face modernisation, e.g. the end of the Viking period, or the Roman conquest of Britain. His play ''Carnival King'' (Faber & Faber) was produced at Nottingham Playhouse in 1953. He also worked as a radio broadcaster. In World War II he served as an intelligence officer in the RAF〔http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2015/05/henry-treece-history-in-the-making.html〕 and helped John Pudney edit ''Air Force Poetry''. Other poetry anthologies he was involved with include ''The New Apocalypse'' (1939) with J. F. Hendry giving its name to a movement; two further anthologies with Hendry followed. He wrote a critical study of Dylan Thomas, called ''Dylan Thomas – Dog among the fairies'', published by Lindsay Drummond, London, in 1949. He and Thomas became estranged over Thomas's refusal to sign up as a New Apocalyptic. He also wrote ''Conquerors'' in 1932, as a way to reflect on the horrors of war.〔http://www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/henry_treece_2012_4.pdf〕 He edited issues of ''Transformation'', and ''A New Romantic Anthology'' (1949) with Stefan Schimanski, issues of ''Kingdom Come: The Magazine of War-Time Oxford'' with Schimanski and Alan Rook, as well as ''War-Time Harvest''. ''How I See Apocalypse'' (London, Lindsay Drummond, 1946) was a retrospective statement. 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「Henry Treece」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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