Bob Cobbing

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Bob Cobbing (born July 30, 1920 in London Borough of Enfield , Greater London , † September 29, 2002 in London ) was a British poet of the British Poetry Revival . He was a representative of visual poetry , concrete poetry , sound poetry and editor .

life and work

Bob Cobbing grew up in Enfield. His parents were members of the Brethren movement . They ran a business in which signs were made with sign language , represented in pictograms . Cobbing was a conscientious objector during World War II . First he worked as an accountant and later as a school teacher at Bognor Training College . Since the 1950s he was a member of the Hendon Experimental Art Club and from 1951 published the magazine And . The publishing house and the poets forum Writers Forum was founded by Bob Cobbing. The Writers Forum were Bob Cobbing, Jeremy Adler , Bill Griffiths , Chris Cheek, Clive Fencott, Clive Fencott, Dick Higgins , Peter Finch , Lawrende Upton and others. a. Between 1963 and 2002, the Writers' Forum published more than 1,000 leaflets, brochures and books. Many of Bob Cobbing's own works have been published, as well as works by young writers such as Lee Harwood and Maggie O'Sullivan , as well as by artists such as John Cage , Ian Hamilton Finlay and Allen Ginsberg . The French Pierre Garnier and the Italian Arrigo Lora-Totino took part in the writing workshop in 1990 as guests.

Cobbing ran the Better Books bookstore on London's Charing Cross Road , which became a popular hangout for the underground scene. The bookstore was also used for readings, as a stage, cinema and gallery. Cobbing founded the Association of Little Presses and Cinema 65 , which is considered the forerunner of the London Film-Makers' Co-op .

Cobbing's first sound poem was ABC In Sound (1964), other well-known works are Kurrirrurriri (1967), So: Six Sound Poems (1968), Whisper Piece (1969), Etcetera: A New Collection of Found and Sound Poems (1970), Chronology Sound Poetry (1974), And Avocado (1977) and The Kollekted Kris Kringle Volume IV (1979).

literature

  • The Spoken Word: Bob Cobbing: Early Recordings 1965-1973 (With Booklet) (British Library - British Library Sound Archive) (English) audio CD - Audiobook, September 2009, British Library, Kevin Kiernan (author), Vrej Nersessian (author ) ISBN 978-0-71230-5-945

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Guardian, October 7, 2002, Robert Sheppard Bob Cobbing 1920-2002, accessed March 7, 2016 (English)
  2. ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 326; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5
  3. ↑ Chris Cheek, Bill Griffiths, Peter Finch, Lawrence Upton and others. a .: Some Tributes to Bob Cobbing. Lollipop archive, 2004, accessed March 14, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Poetry Foundation Bob Cobbing accessed on March 7, 2016 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Cobbing, Bob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British poet of the British Poetry Revival
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH London Borough of Enfield , Greater London
DATE OF DEATH September 29, 2002
Place of death London