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Roger Francis Langley (commonly known as R. F. Langley, October 23, 1938 – January 25, 2011) was an English poet and diarist. During his life, he was loosely affiliated with the Cambridge poetry scene. ==Life and work== Langley was born in Rugby, Warwickshire in 1938. He was educated in Walsall, and then at Jesus College, Cambridge, and went on to teach Art History and English Literature in secondary schools including Wolverhampton Grammar School and, later, Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield.〔(R.F. Langley 2006. ''Journals'' (Shearsman Press), p. 7 )〕 Publishing most of his work during the final decade of his life, Roger Langley first disseminated his poetry through small presses, periodicals,〔(''London Review of Books'' )〕 and anthologies,〔K. Tuma (ed.), ''Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry'' (Oxford University Press, 2001)〕 including ''The Harvill Book of Twentieth-Century Poetry in English'' (1999).〔M. Schmidt (ed.), ''The Harvill Book of Twentieth Century Poetry in English'' (Harvill, 1999)〕 He published two collections of poetry with Carcanet Press during his lifetime: ''Collected Poems'' 〔(Poems'' )〕 (2000) and ''The Face of It'' 〔(Face of It'' )〕 (2007). His first Carcanet collection was nominated for a Whitbread Book Award. Throughout his life, Langley maintained a journal, extracts from which were a regular feature in the poetry journal PN Review, and which were published in book form by Shearsman Press in 2006.〔(Shearsman Press )〕 Although he lived in South Staffordshire most of his life, in the villages of Stonnall and Shenstone,〔R.F. Langley 2006. ''Journals'' (Shearsman Press), p. 7〕 the inspiration for much of Langley's work came from the landscapes of Suffolk, where he resided during the closing years of his life. His range of reference was, however, extremely broad, and was informed by close acquaintance with the art criticism of Adrian Stokes and the work of psychoanalyst Melanie Klein.〔T. Allen and A. Duncan (eds), ''Don't start me talking: interviews with contemporary poets'' (Salt Publishing, 2006)〕 Langley was posthumously awarded the 2011 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem, for "To a Nightingale",〔("To a Nightingale" )〕 described by the judges as 'a masterclass in precision'.〔(BBC News, 5 October 2011 )〕 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「R. F. Langley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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