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James Reeves
, 1909 - 1978
James Morris Reeves was a British poet, teacher, author and editor. He studied English at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he co-founded Experiment, a literary magazine. He then became a teacher, but had to retire in 1952 due to issues with eyesight. After retirement, he dedicated himself full-time to writing and editing.
He published his first book of poetry, The Natural Need, in 1936 with Robert Graves’ publisher, The Seizin Press, and his early poetry is alleged to resemble that of Graves. He also wrote poetry for children. His anthology books included English Fables and Fairy Stories (1954), also published as Fairy Tales from England; Stories from England (1954, possibly the same book again under a different name); The Holy Bible in Brief (1970) and The Secret Shoemakers and Other Tales (1966). He also produced two additional Greek myth books, The Trojan Horse (1968) and The Voyage of Odysseus (1973).
Sources:
Faber and Faber (accessed: July 29, 2019).
Biblio (accessed: July 29, 2019).
Wikipedia ( accessed: July 29, 2019).
Bio prepared by Robin Diver, University of Birmingham, RSD253@student.bham.ac.uk
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