- 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 editedChristopher 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-VictorianLutetian Society , a group dedicated to unexpurgated translations of the works ofÉmile Zola which also includedErnest Dowson ,Havelock Ellis ,Arthur Symons ,Victor Plarr andAlexander 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", 1883Italian books
*Matteo Bandello , "Novellieri Italiani. Twelve stories selected and done into English with a memoir of the author", 1892French 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", 1915Operas 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", toSalut d'Amour byEdward Elgar , Op. 12References
External links
*gutenberg|9051|Sanine
*worldcat id|id=lccn-n84-144346
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