Francis Berry

Francis Berry (March 23 1915 - October 10 2006 [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/10/20/db2002.xml "Daily Telegraph" obituary] ] ), was a British academic, poet, critic and translator.

He was born in Ipoh, Malaya. 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, and 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 [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1935419,00.html] "Guardian" obituary, 31 October 2006] and Philip Hobsbaum.

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.

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External links

* [http://research.hrc.utexas.edu:8080/hrcxtf/view?docId=ead/00013.xml&query=berry,%20francis&query-join=and Francis Berry Collection] at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin