A. S. J. Tessimond

Arthur Seymour John Tessimond (1902-1962 in Liverpool) was a poet.

Related Topics:
1902 - 1962 - Liverpool - Poet

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After studying in Liverpool he moved to London where he worked in a bookshop. He later moved to France.

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After avoiding military service in World War II, he later discovered he was unfit for service.

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An eccentric and an Imagist, Tessimond wrote astute, elegant poetry. He suffered from depression and received electro shock treatment.

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He first began to publish in the 1920s in literary magazines. He was to see three volumes of poetry were published during his life: Walls of Glass in 1934, Voices in a Giant City in 1947 and Selections in 1958. He contributed several poems to a 1952 edition of Bewick's Birds.

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He died in 1962 from a brain haemorrage.

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In the mid-1970s he was the subject of a radio programme entitled Portrait of a Romantic. This, together with the publication of the posthumous selection Not Love Perhaps in 1972, increased interest in his work; and his poetry subsequently appeared in school books and anthologies.

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A 1985 anthology of his work The Collected Poems of A. S. J. Tessimond contains previously unpublished works.

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