John Birtwhistle

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1946 –

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Who is John Birtwhistle?

John Birtwhistle is a British poet and librettist whose subject-matter is often political, cultural or historical. He won an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 1975. He was a university lecturer in English until retirement. Some of his early work was translated by Ștefan Augustin Doinaș and published in Romanian. His 1996 libretto for The Fabulous Adventures of Alexander the Great by composer David Blake was translated into Greek.

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1946

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on July 23, 2013

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