Jack Lindsay (20 October 1900 – 8 March 1990) was an Australian-born writer, who from 1926 lived in the United Kingdom, initially in

Essex Essex () is a Ceremonial counties of England, county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the Riv ...

. He was born in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...

, but spent his formative years in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

. He was the eldest son of

Norman Lindsay Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and amateur boxer. One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of his generat ...

and brother of author

Philip Lindsay Philip Lindsay (30 April 1906 – 4 January 1958) was an Australian writer, who mostly wrote historical novels. Life and writing He was the son of Norman Lindsay, an Australian artist and a younger brother of writer Jack Lindsay. He was ...

Early life

Lindsay was educated at

Brisbane Grammar School , motto_translation = Nothing Without Labour , established = 1868 , type = Independent, day & boarding , gender = Boys , denomination = Non-denominational , slogan = , key_people = , ci ...

and the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

, from which he graduated with first class honours in Greek and Latin.Gillen, Paul. ''Lindsay, John (Jack) (1900–1990).''
Australian Dictionary of Biography On 27 October 1922 at the district registrar’s office, Waverton, he married Janet Beaton, granddaughter of W. B. Dalley. He started his literary career in 1923 as a poet with a book ''Fauns and Ladies'', illustrated by his father.''The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English.'' Edited by Jenny Stringer. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, reprinted 2004. (p. 393). In the 1920s he contributed stories and poems to a popular weekly magazine, '' The Bulletin'', as well as editing the literary magazines ''Vision'' (with his father Norman) and ''London Aphrodite''. Lindsay founded, with P. R. Stephensen and John Kirtley, the Fanfrolico Press for fine publishing, initially in North Sydney. He left Australia in 1926, never to return. When the University of Queensland Press tried to persuade him to come to Australia for the launch of ''The Blood Vote'' in 1985, he declined.

In the UK

Lindsay and P.R. Stephenson established two short-lived magazines, ''Vision'' and '' The London Aphrodite'', which were published by the Fanfrolico Press in the 1920s. In the 1930s the Fanfrolico Press ceased as a business. Lindsay described that experience later in the autobiographical work ''Fanfrolico and After'' (1962). He moved to the left politically, writing for ''

Left Review ''Left Review'' was a journal set up by the British section of the Comintern-sponsored International Union of Revolutionary Writers (previously known as the International Bureau for Revolutionary Literature; also known as the Writers' Internationa ...

'' and joining the

Communist Party of Great Britain The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist organisation in Britain and was founded in 1920 through a merger of several smaller Marxist groups. Many miners joined the CPGB in the 1926 general strike. In 1930, the CPGB ...

at the end of the decade, becoming an activist. He started writing novels while living in

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a Historic counties of England, historic county and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people ...

. Lindsay's earliest novels were set in

Ancient Greece Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity ( AD 600), that comprised a loose collection of cu ...

and the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Roman Republic, Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings aro ...

; they included ''Cressida's First Lover'' (1931), ''Rome For Sale'' and ''Caesar Is Dead'' (both 1934). Lindsay's historical fiction also includes ''1649: A Novel of a Year'' (1938), a social realist novel that begins with the execution of

Charles I of England Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after ...

and explores the first year of the Republic through the eyes of ordinary citizens. He wrote ''1649'' as an

anti-fascist Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and during World War II, where the Axis powers wer ...

novel. He collaborated with

Edgell Rickword John Edgell Rickword, MC (22 October 1898 – 15 March 1982) was an English poet, critic, journalist and literary editor. He became one of the leading communist intellectuals active in the 1930s. Early life He was born in Colchester, Essex, ...

amongst others. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, Lindsay served in the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkha ...

initially in the

Royal Signal Corps The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS or R SIGS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. Signals units are among the first into action, providing the battlefield communi ...

. From 1943 he worked for the War Office on theatrical scripts. He began an affair with the actor and activist Ann Davies which was announced as a marriage although Lindsay was still married. Ann was popularly known as Ann Lindsay. After the war Lindsay lived in

Castle Hedingham Castle Hedingham is a village in northern Essex, England, located four miles west of Halstead and 3 miles southeast of Great Yeldham in the Colne Valley on the ancient road from Colchester, Essex, to Cambridge. It developed around Hedingham ...

, becoming the subject of defamation and suppression because of his Communist standpoint.Wilding, Michael. ''Jack Linsay (1900-1990).''
''Australian Academy of the Humanities, Proceedings.'' 15, 1990. Being a prolific writer, he published 169 books including 38 novels and 25 volumes of translations (from Latin, Greek, Russian, and Polish), as well as art, literary, classical, historical and political studies, biographies and autobiographies written from a

Marxist Marxism is a left-wing to far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand class relations and social conflict and a dialecti ...

perspective. Lindsay was a vegetarian all his adult life.

Awards

Lindsay was awarded the Soviet

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

in 1967, an Honorary Doctor of Letters by the

in 1973. He was a fellow of the

Royal Society of Literature The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". A charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, the RSL has about 600 Fellows, ele ...

(1946), the

Australian Academy of the Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation partly funded by the Australia ...

(1982), and a Member of the

Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Go ...

(1981).

Works

Fanfrolico Press books, as translator, author or editor

*''

Lysistrata ''Lysistrata'' ( or ; Attic Greek: , ''Lysistrátē'', "Army Disbander") is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponne ...

'' by

Aristophanes Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion ( la, Cydathenaeum), was a comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. Eleven of his ...

(1925). Illustrated by Norman Lindsay *''The Mimiambs of

Herodas The first column of the Herodas papyrus, showing ''Mimiamb'' 1. 1–15. Herodas or Herondas (Greek: or - the name is spelt differently in the few places where he is mentioned), was a Greek poet and the author of short humorous dramatic ...

'' (1929). Translated by Jack Lindsay, Decorated by Alan Odle, with a Foreword by Brian Penton. *''A Defence of Women for their Inconstancy & their Paintings'' by Jack Donne (1925) *''The Passionate Neatherd. A lyric sequence'' (1926) *''Marino Faliero'' (1927). Drama *''

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the Romantic poetry, poetry and visual art of t ...

; Creative Will and the Poetic Image'' (1927) *''The Metamorphosis of Aiax'' by Sir John Harington (1927). Editor with Peter Warlock *''Propertius in Love'' (1927) translator *''Loving Mad Tom: Bedlamite Verses of the XVI and XVII Centuries'' (1927). Illustrations by Norman Lindsay *''Helen comes of age. Three Plays'' (1927) *''The Complete Works of Gaius

Petronius Gaius Petronius Arbiter"Gaius Petronius Arbiter"
Sappho Sappho (; el, Σαπφώ ''Sapphō'' ; Aeolic Greek ''Psápphō''; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her Greek lyric, lyric poetry, written to be sung while ...

'' (1928) *''Inspirations. An anthology of utterances by Creative Minds defining the creative act and its lyrical basis in life'' (1928). Editor *''The Complete Works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes edited with a memoir by Sir Edmund Gosse and decorated by the Dance of Death of Holbein'' (1928). Editor *''Dionysos: Nietzsche Contra Nietzsche. An Essay in Lyrical Philosophy'' (1928) *''

Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...

's Hymns to Aphrodite'' (1929) *''Hereward. A Play'' (1929, music by John Gough) *''Women in Parliament'' by

(1929). Illustrations by Norman Lindsay, foreword by Edgell Rickword *'' Theocritos, The Complete Poems'' (1929). Introduction by Edward Hutton, illustrations by Lionel Ellis *''The Complete Poetry of Gaius

Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus (; 84 - 54 BCE), often referred to simply as Catullus (, ), was a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry, focusing on personal life rather than classical heroes. His ...

'' (1930). Editor *''Morgan in Jamaica'' (1930) *''Patchwork Quilt. Poems by

Decimus Magnus Ausonius Decimius Magnus Ausonius (; – c. 395) was a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala in Aquitaine, modern Bordeaux, France. For a time he was tutor to the future emperor Gratian, who afterwards bestowed the consulship on him. ...

'' (1930). Translator, illustrations by Edward Bawden

To 1929

*''Fauns and Ladies'' (1923). Poems *''

Poetical Sketches ''Poetical Sketches'' is the first collection of poetry and prose by William Blake, written between 1769 and 1777. Forty copies were printed in 1783 with the help of Blake's friends, the artist John Flaxman and the Reverend Anthony Stephen Mat ...

'' by

. With an Essay on Blake's Metric by Jack Lindsay. ( Scholartis Press 1927) *''The Modern Consciousness: An Essay Towards an Integration'' (1928) *''I See the Earth: Poems by Elza De Locre, Illustrated'' by Peter Meadows (pseudonym for Jack Lindsay), ( Scholartis Press 1928)

1930–1939

*''Cressida's First Lover'' (1931) *''The Complete Works of Gaius Petronius'' (Rarity Press, 1932). Translator, illustrated by Norman Lindsay *''The Golden Ass. (The Metamorphoses'' of

Apuleius Apuleius (; also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis; c. 124 – after 170) was a Numidian Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician. He lived in the Roman province of Numidia, in the Berber city of Madauros, modern- ...

, Limited Editions Club, 1932). Translator, illustrated by

Percival Goodman Percival Goodman (January 13, 1904 – October 11, 1989) was an American urban theorist and architect who designed more than 50 synagogues between 1948 and 1983. He has been called the "leading theorist" of modern synagogue design, Philip N ...

*''Medieval Latin Poets'' (1934) *''I am a Roman'' (1934) *''Rome for Sale'' (1934) *''Caesar is Dead'' (1934) *''Last Days With Cleopatra'' (1935) *''Despoiling Venus'' (1935) *''Storm at Sea'' (Golden Cockerel Press, 1935). Illustrated by John Farleigh *''The Romans'' (1935). Illustrated by Pearl Binder *''Runaway'' (1935). Illustrated by J Morton Sale *''Who Are the English?'' (1936). Poem *''Come Home at Last'' (1936). Short stories *''Adam of a New World'' (1936). A novel about

Giordano Bruno Giordano Bruno (; ; la, Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno, January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. He is known for his cosmolog ...

*''Wanderings of Wenamem 1115-1114 B.C'' (1936). Novel *''Rebels of the Gold Fields'' (1936) *''John Bunyan: Maker of Myths'' (1937) *''The Anatomy of Spirit: An Inquiry into the Origins of Religious Emotion'' (1937) *''Sue Verney'' (1937) *''Marc Anthony. His world and his contemporaries'' (1937) *''To Arms: A Story of Ancient Gaul'' (1938). Illustrated by Martin Tyas *''1649: A Novel of a Year'' (1938) *''Brief Light: A Novel of Catullus'' (1939) *''A Handbook of Freedom: A Record of English Democracy through Twelve Centuries'' (1939) with

, later editions as ''Spokesmen for Liberty'' *''Lost Birthright'' (1939) *''A Short History of Culture from Prehistory to the Renascence'' (1939) *''England, My England: A Pageant of the English People'' (Fore Publications, 1939) Key Books pamphlet No. 2

1940–1949

*''Giuliano the Magnificent'' (1940). Editor, Dorothy Johnson *''

Hannibal Hannibal (; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ''Ḥannibaʿl''; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Pu ...

Takes a Hand'' (1941) *''The Stormy Violence'' (1941) *''Light in Italy'' (1941) *''Socialist Russia?'' (c.1941) *''We Shall Return; a Novel of Dunkirk and the French Campaign'' (1942) *''Into Action: the Battle of Dieppe'' (1942). Poem *''The Dons Sight Devon'' (1942) *''Beyond Terror'' (1943). Novel *''Perspective for Poetry'' (Fore Publications, 1944). Pamphlet, Key Essays No. 1 *''Second Front'' (1944). Poems *''The Whole Armour of God'' (1944). Drama *''Robin of England'' (1944). Drama *''Marxism and Contemporary Science: or The Fullness of Life'' (1944) *''The Barriers Are Down'' (1945) *''Hullo Stranger'' (1945) *''New Lyrical Ballads'' (1945). Anthology, editor *''Jolly Swagman The Australians at Home Current Affairs No 91'' (1945) *''British Achievement in Art and Music'' (1945) *''Time to Live'' (1946). Novel *''Face of Coal'' (1946) with B. Coombes *''The Subtle Knot'' (1947) *''Anvil: Life and the Arts: A Miscellany'' (1947). Editor *''Poems by Robert Herrick'' ( Grey Walls Press 1948). Editor *''Selected Poems of William Morris'' ( Grey Walls Press, 1948). Editor *''Daphnis & Chloe'' (1948, Daimon Press). Translator, illustrated by Lionel Ellis *''

: The Complete Poems'' (Sylvan Press, 1948). Translator *''Men of Forty-Eight'' (1948) *''Song Of A Falling World: Culture During The Break Up Of The Roman Empire A.D. 350–600'' (1948) *''Mulk Raj Anand: A Critical Essay'' (1948) *''Clue of Darkness'' (1949)

1950–1959

*''Three Letters to

Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov (russian: Николай Александрович Тихонов; ukr, Микола Олександрович Тихонов; – 1 June 1997) was a Soviet Russian-Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War. H ...

'' (1950, Fore Publications Key Poets No. 7). Poems *''Paintings and Drawings'' By Leslie Hurry ( Grey Walls Press 1950). Introduction *''Charles Dickens'' (1950) *''A World Ahead'' (Fore Publications, 1950). ravel to the USSR 1949 *''Fires in Smithfield – a novel of Mary Tudor's Reign'' (1950) *''Peace is our answer. Poems. With further prefactory poems by P. Eluard, P. Neruda, L. Aragon and a Foreword by J.G. Crowther. Linocuts by Noel Counihan'' (1950) *''The Passionate Pastoral: An 18th Century Escapade'' (1951) novel *''The USA Threat to British Culture - Special edition of ARENA No.8, June/July 1951''. Editor *''Byzantium into Europe'' (1952) *''Rising Tide'' (1953). Illustrated by James Boswell *''Betrayed Spring: a novel of the British way''(1953) *
Rumanian Summer: A View of the Rumanian People's Republic
' (1953) with Maurice Cornforth *''Civil War in England'' (1954) *''The Moment of Choice'' (1955) *''

George Meredith George Meredith (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but he gradually established a reputation as a novelist. '' The Ord ...

: his Life and Work'' (1956) *''The Romans Were Here - The Roman Period In Britain And Its Place In Our History'' (1956) *''After the 'Thirties: The Novel in Britain and its Future'' (1956) *''Three Elegies'' (1956) *''A Local Habitation'' (1957) *''The Great Oak. A Story of 1549'' (1957) *''Russian Poetry 1917–1955'' (1957) *''Poems of

Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...

'' (1957). Translator *''Arthur and His Times – Britain in the Dark Ages'' (1958) *''The Discovery of Britain: a Guide to Archaeology'' (1958) *''Life Rarely Tells: An Autobiographical Account Ending in the Year 1921 and Situated Mostly in Brisbane Queensland'' (1958) autobiography (i) *''1764, the Hurlyburly of Daily Life Exemplified in One Year of the 18th Century'' (1959) *''The Loves of Asklepiades'' (Myriad Press, 1959). Translator, illustrated by Paul Rudall

1960–1969

*''Death of the Hero: French Painting from David to Delacroix'' (1960) *''The Satyricon'' (1960). Translator *''Modern Russian Poetry'' (1960). Editor and translator *''The Roaring Twenties – Literary Life in Sydney, New South Wales in the Years 1921–1926'' (1960). Autobiography (ii) *''The Writing on the Wall: An Account of the Last Days of Pompeii'' (1960) *''The Revolt of the Sons'' (1960) *''The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius'' (1960). Translator *''William Morris – Writer'' (1961) *''Ribaldry of Greece'' (1961). Editor *''Ribaldry of Rome'' (1961). Editor *''All on the Never Never'' (1961). Novel (filmed in 1962 as '' Live Now, Pay Later'') *''Our Celtic Heritage'' (1962) *''Fanfrolico and After'' (1962). Autobiography (iii) *
Cause, Principle, and Unity: 5 Dialogues by Giordano Bruno
' (1962) *''Masks and Faces'' (1963) novel *''Daily Life in Roman Egypt'' (1963) *''The Way the Ball Bounces'' (1964) novel *''Choice of Times'' (1964) novel *''Nine Days' Hero; Wat Tyler'' (1964) *''Leisure and Pleasure in Roman Egypt'' (1965) *''Thunder Underground; a novel of

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 un ...

's Rome'' (1965) *''The Clashing Rocks: A Study of Early Greek Religion and Culture and the Origins of Drama'' (1965) *''Our Anglo-Saxon Heritage'' (1965) *'' J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work: A Critical Biography'' (1966) *''The Sunset Ship: Poems of J.M.W. Turner'' (1966). Editor *''The Elegy of Haido by Teferos Anthias'' (1966). Translator *''Our Roman Heritage'' (1967) *''The Ancient World: Manners and Morals'' (1968) *''Men and Gods on the Roman Nile'' (1968) *''Meetings with Poets. Memories of Dylan Thomas, Edith Sitwell, Aragon, Eluard & Tzara'' (1968) *''The Age of Akhnaten by Eleonore Bille-de-Mot'' (1968). Translator *''Greece, I Keep My Vigil For You by Teferos Anthias'' (1968). Translator *'' Cézanne His Life and Art'' (1969)

1970–1979

*''The Autobiography of

Joseph Priestley Joseph Priestley (; 24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist. He published over 150 works, and conducted ...

'' (1970). Editor *''The Question of Totemism reopened'' (1970). Pamphlet *''The Origins of Alchemy in Graeco-Roman Egypt'' (1970) *''Cleopatra'' (1971) *''Origins of Astrology'' (1972) *''

Gustave Courbet Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet ( , , ; 10 June 1819 – 31 December 1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and ...

: His Life and Art'' (1972) *''The Normans and Their World'' (1973) *''Blast-Power & Ballistics Concepts of Force and Energy in the Ancient World'' (1974) *''Helen of Troy, Woman and Goddess'' (1974) *''Faces & Places'' (1974). Illustrated by Norman Lindsay *''Death of a Spartan King and two other stories of the Ancient World'' (Inca Books, 1974). Illustrated by Noel Counihan *''Decay and Renewal. Critical Essays on Twentieth Century Writing'' (1976) *''The Troubadours and Their World'' (1976) *''Hogarth; His Art and His World'' (1977) *''The Monster City: Defoe's London 1688–1730'' (1978) *''

: His Life and Work'' (1978) *''William Morris'' (1979) *''War Or Peace. Twelve linocuts by

Noel Counihan Noel Counihan (4 October 19135 July 1986) was an Australian social realist painter, printmaker, cartoonist and illustrator active in the 1940s and 1950s in Melbourne. An atheist, communist, and art activist, Counihan made art in response to th ...

. Poems by Jack Lindsay'' (1979)

1980–1991

*''Collected Poems'' (Chiron Press, 1981) *''The Crisis In Marxism'' (1981) *''

Thomas Gainsborough Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of ...

: His Life and Art'' (1981) *''Trinity: Music, Poems and Drawings'' by Jack Lindsay (1982) *''The Blood Vote'' (publ. 1985, written 1937). Novel *''The Mandrake Press 1929–30'' (1985). Catalogue introduction *''

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He w ...

, Dreamer of Dreams'' (Nine Elms Press, 1991). Essay

''New Lyrical Ballads'' (1945)

Edited by Lindsay, Honor Arundel and Maurice Carpenter. Poets included were: Dai Alexander – Honor Arundel – John Atkins – Maurice Carpenter – Herbert Corby –

Leslie Daiken Leslie Herbert Daiken (29 June 1912 – 15 August 1964) was an Irish-born advertising copywriter, editor, and writer on children's toys and games, in his youth in the 1930s a poet active in leftist politics and editor of the duplicated circular '' ...

–

Idris Davies Idris Davies (6 January 1905 – 6 April 1953) was a Welsh poet. Born in Rhymney, near Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales, he became a poet, originally writing in Welsh, but later writing exclusively in English. He was the only poet to cover signific ...

– Tom Farnol – Alun Lewis – Jack Lindsay – John Manifold –

Geoffrey Matthews Geoffrey Vernon Townsend Matthews (16 June 1923 – 21 January 2013) was a British ornithologist and conservationist. Biography Born on 16 June 1923 and educated at Bedford School and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he completed his do ...

–

David Martin David or Dave Martin may refer to: Entertainment *David Martin (artist) (1737–1797), Scottish painter and engraver *David Stone Martin (1913–1992), American artist *David Martin (poet) (1915–1997), Hungarian-Australian poet and novelist *Dav ...

– Frances Mayo – Hubert Nicholson – Harold W. Owen –

Paul Potts Paul Potts (born 13 October 1970) is an English tenor. In 2007, he won the first series of ITV's ''Britain's Got Talent'' with his performance of " Nessun dorma", an aria from Puccini's opera ''Turandot''. As a singer of operatic pop music ...

– John Pudney – Arnold Rattenbury – M. Richardson – Joyce Rowe –

Francis Scarfe Francis Harold Scarfe (1911–1986) was an English poet, critic and novelist, who became an academic, translator and Director of the British Institute in Paris. He was born in South Shields; he was brought up from a young age at the Royal Mer ...

– John Singe – Randall Swingler – Mike Whittock

References

External links

* *
Jack Lindsay papers (1893–1989)
at the

National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "maint ...

A London Fictions article about Jack Lindsay's 'Rising Tide'''On Guard for Spain: A Mass Chant'' (1937). Play. Facsimile of typescript available online at Warwick Digital Collections Warwick Digital Collections
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