Percy E. Pinkerton

Percy E. Pinkerton was an English translator and poet.

Pinkerton published some volumes of his own poetry: "Galeazo, a Venetian Episode: with other Poems" (Venice and London, 1886), which was praised by John Addington Symonds ["It has individuality: the mark of a true poet, of a finely-gifted nature." See Kirk, "A supplement to Allibone's critical dictionary", 1891] ; "Adriatica" (1894) and "Nerina, a lyrical drama in three acts" (Cambridge, 1927). He also wrote for the "Magazine of Art", ['Cecil van Haanen', "Magazine of Art" 10 (1887), pp. 1-6; 'Ludwig Passini: A Painter f Modern Life', "Magazine of Art" 10 (1887), pp. 127-32] and in 1889 edited Christopher Marlowe's plays. However most of his literary work consisted of English translations of European songs and literature. He was a member of the late-Victorian Lutetian Society, a group dedicated to unexpurgated translations of the works of Émile Zola which also included Ernest Dowson, Havelock Ellis, Arthur Symons, Victor Plarr and Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. [Denise Merkle, [http://www.erudit.org/revue/ttr/2003/v16/n2/010716ar.html The Lutetian Society] , "TTR: traduction, terminologie, re'daction" 16:2 (2003)] He translated other works from German, Italian, French, and Russian.

He may be the 'Percy Edward Pinkerton' who died 31 August, 1946, aged 91, at Ealing House, Porthleven, Cornwall. ["The Times", 5 September, 1946]

Translations

German books
*William Müller, "Field-Marshal Count Moltke, 1800-1878", 1879
*Heinrich Düntzer, "The Life of Schiller", 1883

Italian books
*Matteo Bandello, "Novellieri Italiani. Twelve stories selected and done into English with a memoir of the author", 1892

French books
*"Memoirs of Constant, the Emperor Napoleon's head valet", 1896
*Émile Zola, "Restless House", 1924
*Emile Zola, "Pot Bouille" 1894-95 (Lutetian House- London)Russian books
*Mikhail Artsybashev, "Sanine", 1914
* Mikhail Artsybashev, "The millionaire", 1915

Operas and cantatas
*Giacomo Puccini, La bohème, 1896. Performed for radio in 1930 ["The Times", 29 January 1930]
*Puccini, "The witch-dancers", performed at Manchester in 1897 ["The Times", 1 April 1955]
*Niccola Spinelli, "A Basso Porto", performed at Brighton in 1900 ["The Times", 15 November 1900]
*Franz Schubert, Songs, with pianoforte accompaniment
*Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, "The new life", 1902
*Johann Sebastian Bach, "Phoebus and Pan"
*Francis Poulenc

Lyrics

English
*"Pansies", to Salut d'Amour by Edward Elgar, Op. 12

References

External links

*gutenberg|9051|Sanine
*worldcat id|id=lccn-n84-144346