Brockway, James.

The Brightness in Between.

First Edition. Ware, Rockingham Press, 2000. Octavo. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by James Brockman to John Wakeman.

James Brockway (21 October 1916 – 15 December 2000) was an English poet and translator, who was born in Birmingham and migrated to The Hague, the Netherlands, where he died. n 1946 he emigrated to the Netherlands, where he had made friends, and there he began to translate English novels into Dutch, including works by Alan Sillitoe, Muriel Spark and Iris Murdoch. His first poetry collection, No Summer Song, appeared in 1949. He also contributed widely to Dutch newspapers and literary periodicals] and, from 1960 onwards, was publishing English translations of modern Dutch poets and placing them in British literary magazines. In 1966 he received the Martinus Nijhoff Prize for translation and in 1997 he was knighted by the Dutch government for his services to literature. His second poetry collection, A Way of Getting Through, appeared in 1995 and his last, The Brightness In Between, was published shortly before his death in 2000. (Wikipedia).

• Keywords: From the Archive / Library of John and Hilary Wakeman [Poetry Magazine THE SHOP] · John & Hilary Wakeman Poetry Collection · Library & Collection Building · Poetry – Rare · Wakeman Poetry Collection & Archive
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9781873468760
• Inventory Number: 43538AB