Alan Ross Poems By Alan Ross

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Alan Ross 1922 2001 was a poet writer journalist editor and publisher In fact he was a man of letters par excellence Born in India educated in England he joined the Royal Navy in the Second World War and endured the Arctic convoys to Russia Alan Ross took over The London Magazine the definite article was later dropped from John Lehmann and revitalized it There it has been said he simplified as well as unified contemporary culture by the clarity of his unique editorial taste He also discovered many new talents His writing embraced poetry cricket journalism biography autobiography criticism and travel writing Alan Ross 1922 2001 was a poet writer journalist editor and publisher In fact he was a man of letters par excellence Born in India educated in England he joined the Royal Navy in the Second World War and endured the Arctic convoys to Russia Alan Ross took over The London Magazine the definite article was later dropped from John Lehmann and revitalized it There it has been said he simplified as well as unified contemporary culture by the clarity of his unique editorial taste He also discovered many new talents His writing embraced poetry cricket journalism biography autobiography criticism and travel writing site_link Cricket writer independent publisher and editor of the London Magazine Alan Ross was foremost a poet of high elegance whose 60 years of work from his commission in the Royal Navy in 1941 to his death in 2001 is selected and introduced in these pages by his friend David Hughes Alan Ross invented a poetic genre that extended well beyond occasional verse poetry as a brief intense form of journalism easy to read quick to stir response To convey public and private events Ross sketches a shorthand of his own At their chosen level half documentary half commentary his images cast a cumulative light on the kicks and miseries of 20th century war and love Alan Ross Poems