He is perhaps best known for translating Arthur Rimbaud into English as part of the Penguin Classics collection.
All three brothers were prominent in London's literary and artistic scene in the mid-twentieth century.
[3] Tony Benn wrote of him: "Oliver Bernard's Peace Poems are sensitive and perceptive in their description of the militaristic society which imprisons us all.
"[4] In later life, Bernard converted to Roman Catholicism and lived in a small cottage in Kenninghall, Norfolk.
In 1985 he spent several weeks in prison for his involvement in anti-nuclear civil disobedience action as part of the Snowball Campaign.