Logue, Christopher (1926- )

English poet. His early poems, whose subjects tended to be political, were varied and experimental, and often took the form of songs. His other verse includes Weekdream Sonnets (1955), Songs (1955), New Numbers (1969), Twelve Cards (1972), and verse posters. Logue also wrote several screenplays, including Ken Russell's Savage Messiah (1972); acted in several films; and wrote a number of plays and a novel.

He was born in Portsmouth. His first volume of poetry, Wand and Quadrant (1953), was published in Paris by the Olympia Press. He was among the first English translators of Pablo Neruda, with The Man Who Told His Love (1958), and translated two sections of Homer's Iliad, ‘Patrocleia’ (1962) and ‘Pax’ (1967). Later books of poetry include War Music (1987), Kings: An Account of Books 1 and 2 of Homer's Iliad (1991), and The Husbands: An Account of Books 3 and 4 of Homer's Iliad (1995).