James Findlay Hendry was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 known also as an editor and writer. He was born in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, and read Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...

. During World War II

World War II

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 he served in the Royal Artillery

Royal Artillery

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 and the Intelligence Corps. After the war he worked as a translator for international organisations, including the UN and the ILO

International Labour Organization

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. He later took a chair at Laurentian University

Laurentian University

Laurentian University , was incorporated on March 28, 1960, is a mid-sized bilingual university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada....

. He died in Toronto

Toronto

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He edited with Henry Treece

Henry Treece

Henry Treece was a British poet and writer, who worked also as a teacher, and editor. He is perhaps best remembered now as a historical novelist, particularly as a children's historical novelist, although he also wrote some adult historical novels.-Life and work:Treece was born in Wednesbury,...

 the poetry anthology The New Apocalypse (1939) which gave its name to the New Apocalyptics

New Apocalyptics

The New Apocalyptics were a poetry grouping in the UK in the 1940s, taking their name from the anthology The New Apocalypse , which was edited by J. F. Hendry and Henry Treece...

 poetic group. The long poem Marimarusa was published in 1978.

Other works

• The White Horseman (1941) poetry anthology with Henry Treece
• Bombed Happiness (1942);
• The Orchestral Mountain (1943)
• Scottish Short Stories (1943) (ed.)
• Crown and Sickle (1944) poetry anthology with Henry Treece
• The Blackbird of Ospo (1945) novel
• Fernie Brae (1947) novel
• Scottish Short Stories (1969) (ed.)
• Your Career as a Translator and Interpreter (1980)
• A World Alien (1980)
• The Sacred Threshold: a life of Rilke
  Rainer Maria Rilke
  René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke , better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian–Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most significant poets in the German language...
  
  (1982)
• The Disinherited