What is Al Alvarez?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Al Alvarez | image = Al Alvarez.jpg | caption = Alvarez in 2006 | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1929|8|5}} | birth_place = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] | death_date = 23 September 2019 (aged 90) | death_place = London, United Kingdom | occupation = poet, author, critic | nationality = British | period =1956&ndash;2019 | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | influences = | influenced = | website = }} '''Alfred Alvarez''' (5 August 1929 – 23 September 2019) was an English poet, novelist, essayist and critic. He published under the name '''A. Alvarez''' and '''Al Alvarez'''. He was best known for his 1962 poetry [[anthology]] ''[[The New Poetry]]''.<ref>[http://www.rslit.org/content/benson The Benson Medal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405221013/http://www.rslit.org/content/benson |date=5 April 2010 }}</ref> ==Death== Alvarez died of [[pneumonia]] on 23 September 2019 in [[London]] at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sutherland |first1=John |title=Al Alvarez obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/23/al-alvarez-obituary |work=The Guardian |date=23 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924091225/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/23/al-alvarez-obituary | archive-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> ==Selected works== * ''The Shaping Spirit'' (1958) * ''The School of Donne'' (1961) * ''The New Poetry'' (1962) * ''Under Pressure'' (1965) * ''Beyond All This Fiddle'' (1968) * ''The Savage God'' (1972) * ''Beckett'' ([[Fontana Modern Masters]], 1973) * ''Hers'' (1974) * ''Hunt'' (1979) * ''Life After Marriage'' (1982) * ''The Biggest Game in Town'' (1983) * ''Feeding the Rat'' (1989) * ''Day of Atonement'' (1991) * ''Night'' (1995) * ''Where Did It All Go Right?'' (1999) * ''Poker: Bets, Bluffs, and Bad Beats'' (2001) * ''New & Selected Poems'' (2002) * ''The Writer's Voice'' (2005) * ''Risky Business''