RUDOLF, Anthony
Anthony Rudolf is an autobiographer, poet, literary critic, editor and translator. Recently he completed a volume of short stories and is now working on two new memoirs. A volume of prose/verse sequences is to appear from Northern House/Carcanet in 2009.
His many books and pamphlets include Engraved in Flesh (a study of Piotr Rawicz, 2nd edition 2007), Mandorla (poetry, 1999), The Arithmetic of Memory (autobiography, 1999), Wine from Two Glasses (Adam Lecture, King’s College, London) and the prize-winning At an Uncertain Hour: Primo Levi’s War against Oblivion (literary criticism, 1990 and 1991).
He has translated fiction (e.g. Balzac’s The Unknown Masterpiece), drama and, in particular, Yves Bonnefoy’s poetry (most recently Yesterday’s Wilderness Kingdom, 2001). His other books include pioneering anthologies of contemporary French Poetry and 20th century Jewish poets from all languages…
His reviews, articles, poems, translations, obituaries and interviews with writers have been published in journals such as TLS, New Statesman, London Magazine, Time Out, Stand, Poetry Nation Review, Modern Painters and the Independent. He has written an introduction to R.B.Kitaj (National Gallery, 2001).
His work has also appeared in anthologies like Iain Sinclair‘s City of Disappearances, collections of essays like A Time to Speak Out (edited by Jacqueline Rose et al), and on leading literary websites such as Ready Steady Book and Independent Literary Quarterly.
Anthony Rudolf is Paula Rego’s main male model, an occasional broadcaster (BBC TV, Radios Three, Four and World Service: Arts World) and former Visiting Lecturer in Arts and Humanities at London Metropolitan University. He has lectured and read at conferences, festivals and universities in many countries. He is the founder of Menard Press. In 2004 he was appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French minister of culture, and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.