Alastair Reid (1) (1926–2014)
Autor(a) de Ounce Dice Trice
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About the Author
Alastair Reid was born in Galloway, Scotland on March 22, 1926. He was a poet, translator, and essayist. He wrote more than a 100 articles and poems for The New Yorker, beginning in 1943 and ending in 2004. He translated the works of Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda. He was the author of several mostrar mais collections of poetry including Oddments Inklings Omens Moments, Passwords, Weathering, Inside Out, and Outside In. He died on September 21, 2014 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Alastair Reid, author of "Outside In" and "Ounce, Dice, Trice"
Obras por Alastair Reid
An Alastair Reid Reader: Selected Poetry and Prose (Bread Loaf Series of Contemporary Writers) (1994) 7 exemplares
Allth 3 exemplares
Curiosity 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Tradutor — 72 exemplares
The Upheaval of War: Family, Work and Welfare in Europe, 1914-1918 (1989) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Antaeus No. 73/74, Spring 1994 - Who’s Writing This: Notations on the Authorial I {magazine} (1994) — Tradutor — 5 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1926-03-22
- Data de falecimento
- 2014-09-22
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
London, England, UK
Spain
Switzerland
Mexico
Chile (mostrar todos 8)
Argentina
Dominican Republic - Educação
- University of St Andrews (did not graduate)
- Ocupações
- translator
poet
editor
essayist
Coder in Royal Navy (WW2) - Organizações
- The New Yorker (South American Editor)
Royal Navy (WWII)
Membros
Críticas
Supposing... por Alastair Reid
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
From brainpickings
... [a] marvelous exploration of the nooks and crannies of language, real and imagined, through obscure, esoteric, and invented words for familiar things that are as mind-bending as they are tongue-twisting...
Reid writes to his young readers
"if you grow to love words for their own sake, you will begin to collect words yourself, and you will be grateful, as I am, to all the people who collect odd words and edit odd dictionaries, out of sheer astonishment and affection."… (mais)
... [a] marvelous exploration of the nooks and crannies of language, real and imagined, through obscure, esoteric, and invented words for familiar things that are as mind-bending as they are tongue-twisting...
Reid writes to his young readers
"if you grow to love words for their own sake, you will begin to collect words yourself, and you will be grateful, as I am, to all the people who collect odd words and edit odd dictionaries, out of sheer astonishment and affection."… (mais)
Superbly quirky fun with words - and meant to be read aloud.
Many, many thanks to our children's librarian for pulling this for Z.
Many, many thanks to our children's librarian for pulling this for Z.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 17
- Also by
- 20
- Membros
- 286
- Popularidade
- #81,618
- Avaliação
- 4.3
- Críticas
- 8
- ISBN
- 50
- Línguas
- 2