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Keith Bosley (1937–2018)

Author of Poetry of Asia: Five Milleniums of Verse from Thirty-Three Languages

11+ Works 82 Members

About the Author

Includes the names: K. Bosley, Keith Ed. Bosley, ed. Keith Bosley, Keith Bosley, Editor and Translator, translated Keith and others Bosley, editor

Image credit: Family photograph, from funeral order of service

Works by Keith Bosley

Poetry of Asia: Five Milleniums of Verse from Thirty-Three Languages (1979) — Editor — 21 copies

The devil's horse : Tales from the Kalevala (1966) 16 copies

Finnish folk poetry : epic : an anthology in Finnish and English (1977) — Editor — 13 copies

Russia's Other Poets (1968) — Translator — 9 copies

Skating on the Sea: Poetry from Finland (1997) — Translator — 8 copies

Wanton loverboy: Kalevala cantos 11-15 (Finnish Literature Society editions) (1985) — Translator — 5 copies

The Song of Songs (1976) 4 copies

I Will Sing of What I Know (Publications of the Finnish Literature Society) (1990) 3 copies

And I Dance : Poems Original and Translated (1972) 1 copy

Stations (1979) 1 copy

A Chiltern hundred (1987) 1 copy

Associated Works

Kalevala (1849) — Translator, some editions — 2,724 copies, 32 reviews

Poems (1965) — Translator, some editions — 484 copies, 4 reviews

Helkavirsiä (1903) — Translator, some editions — 77 copies, 1 review

A Centenary Pessoa (1995) — Translator, some editions — 66 copies

Akseli Gallen-Kallela : national artist of Finland (1984) — Translator, some editions — 33 copies

The great bear : a thematic anthology of oral poetry in the Finno-Ugrian languages (1993) — Translator — 20 copies

English National Opera Guide : Bartok : The stage works (1991) — Contributor — 19 copies

Kolme on kovaa sanaa : kirjoituksia kansanperinteestä (1991) 4 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Bosley, Keith Anthony
Birthdate: 1937-09-16
Date of death: 2018-06-24
Gender: male
Education: University of Paris
University of Caen
University of Reading
Occupations: poet
translator
Organizations: BBC World Service
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Places of residence: Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
Slough, Berkshire, England, UK
Place of death: Slough, Berkshire, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): Berkshire, England, UK

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English National Opera

Michael Branch Editor

Pekka Laaksonen

Dimitry Pospielovsky Translator

Janis Sapiets Translator

Statistics

Works: 11
Also by: 8
Members: 82
Popularity: #220,760
Rating: 4.1

ISBNs: 23
Languages: 2

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