David Constantine

David John Constantine (born 1944) is an English poet,[1] short story writer, novelist, and translator.

In 2024 he published A Bird Called Elaeus, his translation and arrangement of poems from the Greek Anthology.

In 2013, his collection Tea at the Midland and Other Stories won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, making Constantine the first English writer to win this award.

[16] In 2015, the film 45 Years, based on Constantine's short story "In Another Country", was released.

[19] Constantine is also author of two novels, Davies and The Life-Writer, and a biography, Fields of Fire: A Life of Sir William Hamilton.