[Andrew Frisardi]

Thanks for the evocative and vivid memorial, Clive.

I have a copy of Robert Mezey's Hardy edition, which is excellent, and I've enjoyed his posts here in the past, though I don't recall ever interacting with him directly on the Sphere.

I did meet him once in person, however, in 1999 at the one West Chester conference I ever attended. The highlight of that conference for me was the translation panel, including Tim Murphy and Alan Sullivan reading from their Beowulf translation, Mezey reading his Borges, and Dick Davis from somebody, probably a Persian poet. I bought a floppy disk of Mezey's Borges from him after the reading, and I remember the wry look of disbelief on his face when I only had a fiver to offer for it. I also recall being bowled over by the translations.