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Alistair Elliot

Alistair Elliot (Liverpool, 1932) has produced seven books of poems and even more of translation, including a version of Medea that reached Broadway, and a reconstruction of Euripides' Phaethon that he says is a great play.

Alistair Elliot's work featured in PN Review comprises 10 contributions of poetry and one article, over a period of 34 years. Also available are four reviews of Alistair Elliot's work and one translation by Alistair Elliot.
Further Reading
Subscribers only Article in PN Review 10 (1979) Mistakes
Subscribers only Translation of Poetry by Heinrich Heine in PN Review 10 (1979) from 'Lazarus' (translated by Alistair Elliot)
Subscribers only Poetry in PN Review 17 (1981) I Know Thee Who Thou Art
Subscribers only Poetry in PN Review 19 (1981) Talking to Bede
Subscribers only Poetry in PN Review 28 (1982) Poems
Subscribers only Reviewed by Ian McMillan in PN Review 33 (1983) on John Whitworth, Alistair Elliot and John Betjemen
Subscribers only Poetry in PN Review 37 (1984) On the Appian Way
Subscribers only Reviewed by Lawrence Sail in PN Review 43 (1985) on Alistair Elliot
Subscribers only Poetry in PN Review 58 (1987) Three Cats in California
Subscribers only Poetry in PN Review 59 (1988) Two Poems
Subscribers only Poetry in PN Review 78 (1991) Two Poems
Subscribers only Reviewed by David Craig in PN Review 86 (1992) on Alistair Elliot
Subscribers only Reviewed by Fenella Copplestone in PN Review 96 (1994) on William Martin, James Harpur, Duncan Forbes and Alistair Elliot
Subscribers only Poetry in PN Review 100 (1994) Six Poems
Subscribers only Poetry in PN Review 114 (1997) Four Poems
Subscribers only Poetry in PN Review 203 (2012) Three Poems
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