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Athugasemdum og Heimildir

Athugasemdum og Heimildir 1 (Mary Franeis Butts 1890-1937)

PROFESSION: Writer, doc.10 Mary Butts Papers doc 10 Middle name probably Frances, but used to claim it was "Franies", perhaps because it was misspelled that a way on a cornerstone she laid. A biography has recently appeared: "Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life: A Biography", by Nathalie Blondel. Great-granddaughter of Thomas Butts, patron and friend of William Blake.

Athugasemdum og Heimildir 1-1 (John Simon Rodker 1894-1955)

PROFESSION: Publisher, translator, writer, poet BIOGRAPHY: Was conscientious objector of The First World War. (Was in prison 1917) Doc. 8 John's birth certificate shows "Simon, son of David Solomon and Leah (Jacobson) Solomon" 1911 census shows him as "Jacob" Wrote column for French publication for years Received Légion d'Honneur from French Government. Famous photo of John with James Joyce, Sylvia and Cyprian Beach at "Shakespeare and Co." in Paris, 1921 SUMMARY (A. Crozier): John Rodker (1894-1955), born in Manchester, moved with his family (his father was a corset-maker) to London when he was six. Educated at Board School and, to the age of 14, at the Jews Free School, he later took evening classes in French, German and science and became a clerk. He avoided military service in the war and in 1919 succeeded Pound as London editor of The Little Review. He set up the Ovid Press, publishing Eliot's Ara Vos Prec, Pound's Mauberley, his own Hymns, and collections of drawing by Lewis, Gaudier-Brzeska and others. He remained a publisher, bringing out Pound's Cantos 17-26, Le Corbusier, Valery, and the German-language edition of Freud's works. He was a translator from the French.