
Sad to report this morning that poet, teacher and translator
Anselm Hollo has died, aged 78.
I never actually met Anselm, but we corresponded extensively during the editing and production of Five From Finland in 2000-01 - his translations of five contemporary poets from his native Finland. He was good to work with.
He was also a very considerable influence on poetry in English (his chosen language) on both sides of the Atlantic from the 1960s onward.Read Tom Raworth's obituary of Anselm in The... Continue reading ...