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Cliff Ashby (1919 – 30 April 2012〔) was a British poet and novelist. He was born in Norfolk. He was a conscientious objector in World War II, undertaking agricultural work in lieu of military service. In so doing he met several artists and poets, and began the path to his own literary career. As a poet he came to light through ''X'' magazine. His poetry collections include ''In the Vulgar Tongue'' (1968), ''The Dogs of Dewsbury'' (1976), ''Lies and Dreams'' (1980), ''Plain Song: Collected Poems'' (1985)〔 and ''A Few Late Flowers'' (2007).〔 His novels are ''The Old Old Story'' and ''How and Why'' (both 1969).〔 He died at home on 30 April 2012.〔 On Ashby's ''Few Late Flowers'' (2008) Robert Nye says: "He has just published what must be the most remarkable swansong offered by a writer in their 89th year...A sequence of quietly original poems, it is the bittersweet distillation of a lifetime's experience" 〔(Robert Nye in The Scotsman )〕 == Bibliography == *Old, Old Story (ISBN 0340109408 / ISBN 0-340-10940-8), Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1969 *In the Vulgar Tongue (ISBN 0340026855 / ISBN 0-340-02685-5), Hodder and Stoughton, 1968 *Howe and Why, Hodder and Stoughton, 1970 *The Dogs of Dewsbury Poems, Carcanet Press *Lies and Dreams Poems, Carcanet Press *Plain Song: Collected Poems, Carcanet, 1985 *A Few Late Flowers, HappenStance Press, 2008 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cliff Ashby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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