Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin (1906–1990) served as the director of BBC European Intelligence during World War II. Among the authors he has translated are Jean Giono, Fernando Pessoa, and  Nikos Kazantzakis. A collection of Griffin’s poetry, In Earthlight, was published in 1995.  

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