Matthew Mead
Matthew Mead (1924 in Buckinghamshire – 2009) was an English poet as well as a translator, with his wife Ruth, of German poets, including Johannes Bobrowski and Nelly Sachs. He edited the magazine Satis and lived in Germany. A selection of his poems appears in Penguin Modern Poets 16, together with Harry Guest and Jack Beeching.
Matthew Mead
- Born
- 1924 · Buckinghamshire.
- Died
- 2009
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- poet · translator · writer
- Languages
- English · German
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Born at Buckinghamshire in 1924, died in 2009.
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