Kenneth McLeish (1940–1997)
Auteur de Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide
A propos de l'auteur
Kenneth McLeish was born in Glasgow, Scotland on October 10, 1940. He studied music and the classics at Worcester College, Oxford University. Before becoming a full-time author and translator in 1975, he worked as a teacher. He wrote and edited literary guides and cultural companions. His works afficher plus included Theatre of Aristophanes, Penguin Companion to the Arts in the Twentieth Century, Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought, Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide, Myth, Guide to Greek Drama, and The Pocket Guide to Shakespeare. He also wrote Listeners' Guide to Classical Music with his wife. He translated all 47 of the surviving classical Greek plays as well as individual plays by other playwrights. He also wrote a number of original plays and filmscripts including Orpheus and Vice at the Vicarage and adapted The Oresteia with Frederic Raphael for a BBC Television production entitled The Serpent's Tongue. He died on November 28, 1997 at the age of 57. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Kenneth McLeish
The Listener's Guide to Classical Music: An Introduction to the Great Classical Composers and Their Works (1961) 95 exemplaires
Gods and Men: Myths and Legends from the World's Religions (Oxford Myths and Legends) (1981) — Adapter — 30 exemplaires
Four Greek plays : Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone ; Aristophanes: The Acharnians, Peace (1998) — Traducteur — 1 exemplaire
The Great Philosophers: Aristotle 1 exemplaire
Chinese New Year (Celebrations) 1 exemplaire
The Longman Guide to Bible Quotations 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Crime Fiction (1990) — Auteur, quelques éditions — 25 exemplaires
Sophocles Plays 2 : Ajax + Women of Trachis + Electra + Philoctetes (1990) — Traducteur — 15 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- McLeish, John Kenneth Tyrrell
- Date de naissance
- 1940-10-10
- Date de décès
- 1997-11-28
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Études
- University of Oxford (Worcester College)
Bradford Grammar School - Professions
- writer
playwright
translator
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 65
- Aussi par
- 9
- Membres
- 1,637
- Popularité
- #15,692
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 26
- ISBN
- 140
- Langues
- 11
- Favoris
- 1