Ralph Hodgson
Ralph Hodgson (born September 9, 1871 in Darlington , Durham , † November 3, 1962 in Minerva , Ohio ) was an English poet , publisher and translator.
Live and act
In the years after 1890, Hodgson began to publish drawings under the name Yorick in London's Weekly Magazine of Sport and Out-Door-Life . In 1912 he was a co-founder of At the Sign of the Flying Flame Verlag.
In 1907 his first collection of poems appeared under the title The Last Blackbird and Other Lines . Edward Marsh took his poems into the Georgian Poetry 1913–1915 (1915) and Georgian Poetry 1916–1917 (1917) collections. In 1917 he made a name for himself as an independent poet with his volume Poems .
From 1932 to 1938, Hodgson taught English at Tohoku University in Sendai , Japan and translated Japanese poetry into English.
In 1938 he and his third wife Lydia Aurelia Bollinger settled in Minerva, Ohio .
In 1954 he was awarded the King's Gold Medal for Poetry .
Web links
- Ralph Hodgson biographical notes and archival materials
- Georgian Poetry 1913–15 in the Gutenberg project
- Georgian Poetry 1916–17 in the Gutenberg project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hodgson, Ralph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yorick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English poet, publisher and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darlington , Durham |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd November 1962 |
| Place of death | Minerva , Ohio |