Anthony Barnett (poet)

Anthony Barnett is an English poet and music historian.

Published Poetry

His volumes of poetry and short prose include collected The Resting Bell (Allardyce, Barnett, 1987) and Miscanthus: Selected and New Poems (Shearsman, 2005). He was the publisher of the first edition of J. H. Prynne’s collected Poems (1982) and edited Veronica Forrest-Thomson’s Collected Poems and Translations (1990) and Collected Poems (2008). His work is represented in the anthologies A Various Art; Poets on Writing: Britain, 1970–1991; "Other: British and Irish Poetry since 1970; and Cambridge University Press Contexts in Literature Contemporary Poetry: Poets and Poetry Since 1990. His translations include Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Anne-Marie Albiach, Roger Giroux, Pär Lagerkvist, Tarjei Vesaas and Andrea Zanzotto. In 2002 he was visiting scholar at the Center for International Programs, Meiji University, Tokyo.

He has worked as a percussionist, notably with John Tchicai, and has written extensively on African-American violinists, in particular Stuff Smith and Eddie South. He is also the author of a book about the pianist friend of Nancy Cunard Listening for Henry Crowder (Allardyce Book, 2007). He produces CDs for the AB Fable Violin Improvisation Studies series.

External links

1. AB Literary and Music Publishing: http://www.abar.net
2. Profile: http://www.abar.net/ab.html
3. Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians: http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/2007/10/18/barnett-anthony-peter-john
4. Citations from http://www.abar.net/ab.html
5. Citations from http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/authors/barnettA.html
6. Citations from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-Marie_Albiach