Herbert Lomas (poet)

Herbert Lomas (7 February 1924 – 9 September 2011) was a British poet and translator. He served in the infantry from 1943 to 1946).[1] He then graduated from University of Liverpool, and taught at the University of Helsinki and Borough Road College. Lomas was a "prolific translator" from Finnish.[2][3] In Finland, Lomas was married to Anna-Liisa Partanen (née Aatila) from 28 July 1956 to 29 May 1968. They had no children together but Lomas was stepfather to Anna-Liisa's four children. Later, Lomas married Mary Marshall Phelps on 29 June 1968; they had one son and one daughter.[4]

  1. ^ Profile of Herbert Lomas Archived 23 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Olive Classe (2000). Encyclopedia of literary translation into English. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-884964-36-7.
  3. ^ France, Peter (2000). The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-818359-4.
  4. ^ Info re marriage and children