Arthur Seymour John Tessimond

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Arthur Seymour John Tessimond (born July 19, 1902 in Birkenhead , † May 13, 1962 in Chelsea , London ) was an English poet .

Life

ASJ Tessimond attended the Birkenhead School until the age of 14 and then the elite private school Charterhouse School . At the age of 16 he ran away from there. From 1922 to 1926 Tessimond attended the University of Liverpool , where he studied English literature , French , philosophy and Greek . He later moved to London , where he did paid jobs in bookstores and also took on smaller jobs as a copier.

After avoiding military service in World War II , he was later diagnosed with mental illness. Tessimond suffered from a bipolar disorder and was subjected to electrotherapy for therapeutic measures .

Tessimond died of a cerebral haemorrhage in 1962 .

Career

Tessimond's first poems were published in literary magazines in the 1920s. In total, he published three volumes of poetry during his lifetime: The Walls of Glass (1934), Voices in a Giant City (1947) and Selections (1958).

In the mid-1970s, Tessimond's work was the subject of an English radio series entitled Portrait of a Romantic . Along with the posthumous publication of Not Love Perhaps in 1972, public interest in his work grew; Ultimately, selected poetry by Tessimond became the subject matter in English school books.

Works

  • The Walls of Glass 1934.
  • Voices in a Giant City 1947.
  • Selections 1958.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b James Bainbridge: ASJ Tessimond (1902-1962) . May 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  2. ^ Collected Poems , p. xiv.
  3. ^ Collected Poems , p. xvi.

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personal data
SURNAME Tessimond, Arthur Seymour John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Birkenhead
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1962
Place of death Chelsea , London