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John Lyons (born 1933) is a Trinidad-born poet, painter, illustrator, educator and curator.〔("John Lyons" ), Diaspora Artists.〕 He has worked as a theatre designer, exhibition adviser and as a teacher both of visual art and creative writing.〔Paul O'Kane, ("John Lyons" ), in Alison Donnell (ed.), ''Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture'', Routledge, 2002, p. 186.〕 As an art critic, he has written essays for catalogues, notably for Denzil Forrester's major touring exhibition ''Dub Transition'', for ''Jouvert Print Exhibition'' and Tony Phillips' ''Jazz and The Twentieth Century''.〔("Visual CV" ), John Lyons website.〕 Public collections that hold artwork by John Lyons include Rochdale Art Gallery, Huddersfield Art Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum's Word & Image Print Collection and the Arts Council National Collection.〔("John Lyons" ), Atelier Contemporary Art.〕 His collections of poetry have been described both as being focused on "describing the texture of the Caribbean landscape and the vividness of its peoples"〔David Dabydeen, cover notes to ''Behind the Carnival'', 1994.〕 and contributing "to the enrichment of the West indian British voice".〔Ian Dieffenthaller, ''Snow on Sugarcane: The Evolution of West Indian Poetry in Britain'', Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009, p. 243.〕 ==Biography== John Lyons was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. His mother died when he was nine years old, and he and his three siblings moved to live with their grandmother in rural Tobago.〔("About John Lyons" ), The Poetry Archive.〕 He returned to Trinidad in 1948 to live with his father and stepmother. He eventually moved to London, England, and from 1959 to 1964 studied at Goldsmiths' College, School of Art, graduating with a National Diploma of Design, after which he gained an Art Teachers' Diploma at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1965.〔 While studying without a grant, he supported himself through part-time jobs that included being an early morning factory cleaner, evening waiter, postman and shift-work hospital porter.〔(John Lyons Profile ), Moving Manchester – Writers' Gallery.〕 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「John Lyons (poet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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