R. J. Dent

R J Dent is an English writer of fiction and non-fiction.

His stories, poems and essays have appeared in a variety of magazines, journals and periodicals, including "Writer’s Muse", "Orbis", "Chanticleer", "Agenda", "Panda", "Roundyhouse", "Quazen", "Authspot", and "Philosophy Now". His translations of the poems of Alcaeus and of Charles Baudelaire have appeared in "Acumen" and "Inclement".

His first novel, "Myth" ISBN 1843862670, is a dark, erotic fantasy set on a Greek island. It was published by Pegasus in July 2006.

He has also translated Baudelaire’s "Les Fleurs du mal", and Alcaeus’s "Poems and Fragments" into English.

His influences are J G Ballard, Angela Carter, William S. Burroughs and Ayn Rand, amongst others

He writes erotica as J D Russell.

He lives in Sussex.

Bibliography

Novels

*Myth ISBN 1843862670 (2006)

hort stories

*A Triumph (2002) Writer’s Muse
*Jordy Michaels Leaps the Great Divide (2004) Philosophy Now
*More to the Picture (2006) Writer’s Muse
*Chest of Wonders (2006) Express Art Gallery
*Mimique (2007) AWEN
*9/11 Considered as the First Turn in a Game of Darts (2007) Authspot

Translations

*Charles Baudelaire: "Les Fleurs du mal" (2007)
*Alcaeus: "Poems and Fragments" (2007)

Essays

*A Collaboration of Unlike Minds: Robert Graves’ and William Blake’s The Tyger (2006) Roundyhouse
*You who magically make supple the old bones of the after-hours drunkard trampled by the horses’ – an essay on translating (2006) Agenda
*Violence and exquisite beauty – the aesthetics of Roy Campbell (2006) Agenda
*J G Ballard and the fiction of enclosed space (2007) Quazen
*The Life, Death and Afterlife of Richard Bachman(2007) Quazen

ReferencesR J Dent - www.rjdent.comMyth - www.rjdent.comJordy Michaels Leaps the Great Divide - http://www.philosophynow.org/backissues/issue38.htmA Collaboration of Unlike Minds: Robert Graves’ and William Blake’s The Tyger - www.rjdent.comJ G Ballard and the fiction of enclosed space - http://www.quazen.com/Arts/Literature/JG-Ballard-and-the-Fiction-of-Enclosed-Space.24613

External links

* [http://www.rjdent.com Official website]