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David John Constantine (born 1944) is a British, Lancashire born poet,〔(Poem of the week: Frieze by David Constantine )〕 author and translator.〔(The Boys in Berlin: Auden's Secret Poems )〕 ==Background== Constantine read Modern Languages at Wadham College, Oxford and was a Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford until 2000, when he became a Supernumerary Fellow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/academics/other-fellows/supernumerary-fellows/ )〕 He lectured in German at Durham University from 1969 to 1981 and at Oxford University from 1981 to 2000.〔(Bloodaxe Profile )〕 He was the co-editor of the literary journal Modern Poetry in Translation. Along with the Irish poet Bernard O'Donoghue, he is commissioning editor of the Oxford Poets imprint of Carcanet Press and has been a chief judge for the TS Eliot Prize.〔(Judges in rapture as poet Duffy wins T S Eliot Prize )〕 His collections of poetry include ''Madder, Watching for Dolphins, Caspar Hauser, The Pelt of Wasps, Something for the Ghosts'', ''Collected Poems'' and ''Nine Fathom Deep''. He is a translator of Hölderlin, Brecht, Goethe, Kleist, Michaux and Jaccottet. In 2015, the film "45 years", based on Constantine's short story "In Another Country" enjoyed critical acclaim and has been tipped for BAFTA success. The film stars Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling. Constantine is also author of one novel, ''Davies'' and ''Fields of Fire: A Life of Sir William Hamilton''. He has published four collections of short stories, ''Back at the Spike'', the highly acclaimed ''Under the Dam'' (2005) and ''The Shieling'' (2009) and the award winning ''Tea at the Midland and Other Stories''. He lives in Oxford with his wife Helen, and has two children and six grandchildren. 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「David Constantine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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