John Rodker

John Rodker was a British poet, publisher, translator and writer (1894–1955). He was born at Manchester.

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Identity

What the record establishes about John Rodker.

John Rodker is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. John Rodker is recorded with the occupation translator. The life and works of Edgar Allan Poe : a psycho-analytic interpretation / [Marie Bonaparte] ; foreword by Sigmund Freud ; translated by John Rodker. is dated [1949] and held by Wellcome Collection. Sex in human relationships / by Magnus Hirschfeld ; translated by John Rodker ; with an introduction by Norman Haire. is dated [1935] and held by Wellcome Collection. Demonolatry / by Nicolas Remy ; translated by E.A. Ashwin ; edited with introduction and notes by Montague Summers. is dated 1930 and held by Wellcome Collection. Man : the unknown / by Alexis Carrel ; [translated by John Rodker]. is dated 1935 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Female sexuality / Marie Bonaparte ; [translated by John Rodker]. is dated [1962, and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 6 objects associated with this heading. John Rodker is recorded as poet, publisher, translator and writer. 'R' is dated 1929 and held by Wellcome Collection. Open Library catalogues 6 works under this name.

Works and catalogued output

Wikidata Query Service catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 6 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 8 works under this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which John Rodker may be traced in institutional catalogues.

John Rodker is established in the international name authorities as Social Networks and Archival Context w6930v8k, Bibliothèque nationale de France 13092128k, Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) 143879499, Library of Congress n84077698, Libraries Australia 1495933, ISNI 0000000117005594, IdRef 030407354, VIAF 117308892 and Wikidata Q1701598.

Catalogued works

15 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1929 to 1962.

Adolphe 1920. Bel Esprit. W. H. Hudson. Hymns. Collected poems, 1912-1925. John Rodker. Soviet anthology. The future of futurism. Poems. Female sexuality / Marie Bonaparte ; [translated by John Rodker]., dated [1962,, held by Wellcome Collection. Man : the unknown / by Alexis Carrel ; [translated by John Rodker]., dated 1935, held by Wellcome Collection. Sex in human relationships / by Magnus Hirschfeld ; translated by John Rodker ; with an introduction by Norman Haire., dated [1935], held by Wellcome Collection. The life and works of Edgar Allan Poe : a psycho-analytic interpretation / [Marie Bonaparte] ; foreword by Sigmund Freud ; translated by John Rodker., dated [1949], held by Wellcome Collection. Demonolatry / by Nicolas Remy ; translated by E.A. Ashwin ; edited with introduction and notes by Montague Summers., dated 1930, held by Wellcome Collection. 'R', dated 1929, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Rodker, John (1894–1955), Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. John Rodker (1894–1955), London, 2015. John Rodker on Theatre: Rethinking the Modernist Stage from London’s Jewish East End, Open Library of Humanities, 2020.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1894John Rodker born at Manchester.
  2. 1894John Rodker was born on 18 December 1894.
  3. 1929'R' is dated 1929 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  4. 1930Demonolatry / by Nicolas Remy ; translated by E.A. Ashwin ; edited with introduction and notes by Montague Summers. is dated 1930 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  5. 1935Sex in human relationships / by Magnus Hirschfeld ; translated by John Rodker ; with an introduction by Norman Haire. is dated [1935] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  6. 1935Man : the unknown / by Alexis Carrel ; [translated by John Rodker]. is dated 1935 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  7. 1949The life and works of Edgar Allan Poe : a psycho-analytic interpretation / [Marie Bonaparte] ; foreword by Sigmund Freud ; translated by John Rodker. is dated [1949] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  8. 1955John Rodker died.
  9. 1955John Rodker died on 6 October 1955.
  10. 1962Female sexuality / Marie Bonaparte ; [translated by John Rodker]. is dated [1962, and held by Wellcome Collection.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    John Rodker (1894–1955), London, 2015

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    John Rodker on Theatre: Rethinking the Modernist Stage from London’s Jewish East End, Open Library of Humanities, 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    John Rodker, revising author and revised translator, Reframing Translators, Translators as Reframers, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for John Rodker (Internet Archive), 6 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  5. 5.

    Rodker, John (1894–1955), Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1701598: John Rodker

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming John Rodker.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 4 digitised items catalogued under John Rodker as creator.

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming John Rodker.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    “John Rodker”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Plates

Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.

Janet Flanner-Solita Solano Collection/LOC ppmsca.13300. Jane Heap, John Rodker, Martha Dennison, Tristan Tzara, Margaret Anderson, ca. 1920s

Janet Flanner-Solita Solano Collection/LOC ppmsca.13300. Jane Heap, John Rodker, Martha Dennison, Tristan Tzara, Margaret Anderson, ca. 1920s

Janet Flanner-Solita Solano Collection · LOC ppmsca.13300 · Public domain

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