James Fenton was born in 1949 and graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1970.
His poems were collected in Terminal Moraine (1972), The Memory of War (1982), Children in Exile (1983) and Out of Danger (1994).
His lectures, delivered as Oxford Professor of Poetry, were collected in The Strength of Poetry (2001). An Introduction to English Poetry appeared in 2002.
His essays on art history were collected in Leonardo's Nephew (1998). In 2006 he published his Selected Poems and a history of the Royal Academy.
His poems were collected in Terminal Moraine (1972), The Memory of War (1982), Children in Exile (1983) and Out of Danger (1994).
His lectures, delivered as Oxford Professor of Poetry, were collected in The Strength of Poetry (2001). An Introduction to English Poetry appeared in 2002.
His essays on art history were collected in Leonardo's Nephew (1998). In 2006 he published his Selected Poems and a history of the Royal Academy.