Peter (John) Dale, the poet, translator, interviewer, and editor, was born on 21 August 1938 and educated at Strode's School, Egham, Surrey, and St Peter's College, Oxford. He was Head of English at Hinchley Wood Comprehensive School, Surrey, for twenty-one years, and for a similar period shared the editing of Agenda with William Cookson. His published poetry includes The storms (1968) and Da Capo (1997), his translations The seasons of Cankam (1974) and Dante: The divine comedy (1996 onwards), and his literary-critical work, An introduction to rhyme (1998). Philip Hoy was born in 1952 and educated at Glastonbury High School in Surrey, and the Universities of York and Leeds. He has taught philosophy for many years both in the United Kingdom and overseas.
From the guide to the Materials relating to the composition and publication of, Da Capo: a sequence of poems, [by] Peter Dale, with, Back for somehow on: an essay on Da Capo, [by] Philip Hoy (London, 1997), 1993-1998, (Leeds University Library)
