Richard Aldington
Richard Aldington (born July 8, 1892 in Portsmouth , Hampshire , † July 27, 1962 in Sury-en-Vaux , Cher ) was an English writer .
Aldington studied in London and published his first poems as a teenager. After completing his studies, he lived as a freelance writer in London, where he married the American writer Hilda Doolittle , known under the pseudonym HD , in 1913 . Doolittle divorced him again in 1937.
Aldington closed around 1912, the movement of the Imagist and served as editor for the avant-garde magazine The egoist .
Aldington took part in the First World War. Of course, his experiences also flowed into his literary work. Social criticism and pessimism dominate his later work. He is still considered an important translator of Latin and Greek.
In his late work he published several biographies that are very well-founded, but also very critical, including those of DH Lawrence, first published by him in "the egoist" .
Richard Aldington died at the age of 70.
Works (selection)
- All Men Are Enemies . 1932
- Death of a Hero . 1929 (German: Heldentod )
- A dream in the Luxembourg . 1930
- The Eaten Heart . Hours Press, 1929
- A fool in the forest . 1925
- Hark the Herald . Hours Press, 1928
- Last straws . Hours Press, 1930
- Lawrence of Arabia . 1955
- Roads to Glory . 1930
- Seven against Reeves . 1938
- Wellington . 1946
- Women must work . 1935
literature
- Alain Blayac (Ed.): Richard Aldington. Essays in honor of the centenary of his birth . University Press, Montpellier 1993, ISBN 2-905397-76-4 .
- Charles Doyle: Richard Aldington. A biography . Macmillan, Basingstoke 1989, ISBN 0-333-46487-7 .
- Alister Kershaw: Richard Aldington. An intimate portrait . University Press, Carbondale, Ill. 1965.
- Joachim Schwalbe: Richard Aldington. The literary and ideological paths of a modern Englishman . Triltsch, Würzburg 1941 (also dissertation, University of Berlin 1941)
- Caroline Zilboorg (Ed.): Richard Aldington and HD Their lives in letters . University Press, Manchester 2003, ISBN 0-7190-5724-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Aldington in the catalog of the German National Library
- Poetry and prose (in English) at Poetry Foundation
- Richard Aldington in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Complete bibliography (in English) at imagists.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aldington, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portsmouth , Hampshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1962 |
| Place of death | Sury-en-Vaux , France |