Vivian de Sola Pinto facts for kids
Vivian de Sola Pinto (born December 9, 1895 – died July 27, 1969) was a British poet, a person who studies and writes about literature, and a historian. He was a top expert on the writer D. H. Lawrence. Pinto also helped defend a famous book, Lady Chatterley's Lover, in a court case in 1960. He argued for its importance in literature.
Pinto was born and grew up in Hampstead, England. He became very good friends with Siegfried Sassoon. They fought together in World War I in France. Pinto was Sassoon's second-in-command during the war. He even appears in Sassoon's books, like Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, under the name "Velmore." These books were based on Sassoon's real life.
After the war, Pinto studied at the University of Oxford. Later, he became a Professor in the English Department at the University of Nottingham. He taught there from 1938 until 1961. He was also known for translating the poetry of France Prešeren into the English language. Vivian de Sola Pinto was the great-grandson of Rabbi David Aaron de Sola.
Vivian de Sola Pinto's Writings
Vivian de Sola Pinto wrote many books and edited others. These works showed his deep knowledge of poetry and literature. Here are some of his important contributions:
- Works of Sir Charles Sedley, with a Study of Sedley (1928)
- The Tree of Life: An Anthology (1929), which he edited with George Neill Wright
- The Invisible Sun – a collection of his own poems
- Crisis in English Poetry: 1880-1940 – a book about changes in English poetry
- Restoration Carnival: Five courtier poets: Rochester, Dorset, Sedley, Etherege & Sheffield (1954) – about poets from a specific time in history
- The Divine Vision: Studies in the Poetry and Art of William Blake (1957), which he edited
- Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence (1964), which he edited with F. Warren Roberts
- Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680 (1962)
- The English Renaissance 1510-1680 – a book about a famous period in English history
