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4 unusual facts about John Matthias


Glint of Gold

He was ridden in most of his races by the British jockey John Matthias.

Jesper Svenbro

His poetry has been translated into English by the Swedish critic Lars-HÃ¥kan Svensson and the American poet John Matthias, and appearing, among other venues, in the journal Samizdat (poetry magazine) and the volume The Three-Toed Gull: Selected Poems, published by Northwestern University Press.

John Matthias

His peers at Stanford included two future poets laureate of the United States, Robert Hass and Robert Pinsky, as well as the poets Ken Fields, James McMichael, and John Peck.

He has also translated the work of several Swedish poets, including Jesper Svenbro, and the Serbian epic poem The Battle of Kosovo.



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