Critical and biographical information for the poet, radio dramatist, and translator Henry Reed (1914 - 1986), author of "Naming of Parts."
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Henry Reed (1914-1986), poet, translator and radio dramatist

Jacket illustration (front) from the Collected Poems (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991).

A Map of Verona and Other Poems, by Henry Reed

Front cover of A Map of Verona and Other Poems (New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947).

'Portrait of Henry Reed' by Birmingham painter John Melville

"Portrait of Henry Reed" by the Birmingham painter, John Melville.

Henry Reed at the University of Washington, Seattle, circa 1965

University of Washington photograph, Seattle, circa 1965.

Henry Reed with poet Elizabeth Bishop

Camano Island, Washington, in June, 1966. Front row, left to right: Elizabeth Bishop, Rolfe Humphries, Mrs. Humphries, Henry Reed; second row: Robert Heilman, Dorothee Bowie.

Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel, by Henry Reed

Front cover of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel (London: Jonathan Cape, 1947).
Henry Reed at the BBC, second from right

Henry Reed, second from right, at a BBC television writing course.

Henry Reed on the Thames River

Henry Reed on the Thames River, near Albert Bridge (photographed by Rollie McKenna).

Henry Reed inscription to Catharine

Inscription in Reed's hand, possibly to the editor Catharine Carver, from a copy of The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio (London: BBC, 1971). Courtesy of Chris Goddard.

Program from a 1972 staging of Natalia Ginzburg's Advertisement

Program featuring Joan Plowright, from a 1972 National Theatre production of Natalia Ginzburg's The Advertisement, translated by Reed.

Manuscript of Henry Reed's poem, The Chateau

Undated fragment of "The Chateau" in Reed's handwriting, from the rear cover of the Collected Poems (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991).

Weldon Kees reading 'Unarmed Combat'

The poet Weldon Kees reading Reed's "Unarmed Combat," at the Poets' Follies, San Francisco, 1955. Courtesy of James Reidel.

Naming of Parts, a film by Robert Bloomberg

Cover for "Naming of Parts" (Contemporary Films/McGraw-Hill, 1972), a film by Robert Bloomberg based on Reed's poem.

Henry Reed from Radio Times

Henry Reed in the Radio Times, 23 October 1959.

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