Winter Sea: War, Journeys, Writers

by Alan Ross

Poems are accompanied by the author's reminiscences of visits to Tallinn, Hamburg, Oslo, and Bergen, and his experiences as a sailor in the Royal Navy fifty years ago

160 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1998

About the author

Alan Ross (1922-2001) was a poet, writer, journalist, editor and publisher. In fact, he was a man of letters par excellence. Born in India, educated in England, he joined the Royal Navy in the Second World War and endured the Arctic convoys to Russia. Alan Ross took over The London Magazine (the definite article was later dropped) from John Lehmann and revitalized it. There, it has been said, 'he simplified as well as unified contemporary culture by the clarity of his unique editorial taste. He also discovered many new talents.' His writing embraced poetry, cricket journalism, biography, autobiography, criticism and travel writing.