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British Poetry since 1945

Index British Poetry since 1945

British Poetry since 1945 is a poetry anthology edited by Edward Lucie-Smith, first published in 1970 by Penguin Books. [1]

98 relations: Adrian Henri, Adrian Mitchell, Al Alvarez, Alan Bold, Alan Brownjohn, Anselm Hollo, Anthology, Anthony Thwaite, Barry Cole, Barry MacSweeney, Basil Bunting, Bernard Spencer, Brian Jones (poet), Brian Patten, Charles Causley, Charles Tomlinson, Christopher Logue, Christopher Middleton (poet), D. J. Enright, D. M. Thomas, David Gascoyne, David Jones (artist-poet), David Macleod Black, David Wevill, Derek Mahon, Dom Moraes, Donald Davie, Dylan Thomas, Edward Lucie-Smith, Edwin Morgan (poet), Edwin Muir, Elizabeth Jennings, English poetry, Francis Berry, Gael Turnbull, Geoffrey Hill, George Barker (poet), George MacBeth, George Mackay Brown, Harry Guest, Henry Graham (poet), Hugh MacDiarmid, Iain Crichton Smith, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Irish poetry, Jeff Nuttall, John Betjeman, John Fuller (poet), John Heath-Stubbs, Jon Silkin, ..., Jon Stallworthy, Karen Gershon, Kingsley Amis, Lawrence Durrell, Lee Harwood, List of poetry anthologies, Liverpool poets, London, Louis MacNeice, Martin Bell (poet), Matthew Mead (poet), Michael Hamburger, Nathaniel Tarn, Norman MacCaig, Northern Ireland, Patricia Beer, Paul Evans (poet), Penguin Books, Peter Dale (poet), Peter Levi, Peter Porter (poet), Peter Redgrove, Philip Hobsbaum, Philip Larkin, Poetry Review, Robert Garioch, Robert Graves, Roger McGough, Rosemary Tonks, Roy Fisher, Roy Fuller, Seamus Heaney, Spike Hawkins, Stevie Smith, Stewart Parker, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, The Group (literature), The Mersey Sound (anthology), Thom Gunn, Thomas Blackburn (poet), Tom Raworth, Tony Connor, United Kingdom, Vernon Watkins, W. S. Graham, 1970 in literature, 1970 in poetry. Expand index (48 more) »

Adrian Henri

Adrian Henri (10 April 1932 – 20 December 2000) was a British poet and painter best remembered as the founder of poetry-rock group the Liverpool Scene and as one of three poets in the best-selling anthology The Mersey Sound, along with Brian Patten and Roger McGough.

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Adrian Mitchell

Adrian Mitchell FRSL (24 October 1932 – 20 December 2008) was an English poet, novelist and playwright.

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Al Alvarez

Alfred Alvarez (born 5 August 1929) is an English poet, novelist, essayist and critic who publishes under the name A. Alvarez and Al Alvarez.

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Alan Bold

Alan Norman Bold (1943–1998) was a Scottish poet, biographer, and journalist.

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Alan Brownjohn

Alan Charles Brownjohn FRSL (born 28 July 1931) is an English poet and novelist.

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Anselm Hollo

Anselm Paul Alexis Hollo (12 April 1934 – 29 January 2013) was a Finnish poet and translator.

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Anthology

In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler.

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Anthony Thwaite

Anthony Thwaite is an English poet and critic, now widely known as the editor of his friend Philip Larkin's collected poems and letters.

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Barry Cole

Barry Cole (13 November 1936 – 26 June 2014) was a British poet.

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Barry MacSweeney

Barry MacSweeney (July 17, 1948 – May 9, 2000) was an English poet and journalist.

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Basil Bunting

Basil Cheesman Bunting (1 March 1900 – 17 April 1985) was a British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of Briggflatts in 1966.

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Bernard Spencer

Charles Bernard Spencer (1909 – 1963) was an English poet, translator, and editor.

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Brian Jones (poet)

Brian Jones (10 December 1938 – 25 June 2009) was a British poet.

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Brian Patten

Brian Patten (born 29 February 1946) is an English poet and author.

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Charles Causley

Charles Stanley Causley, CBE, FRSL (24 August 1917 – 4 November 2003) was a Cornish poet, schoolmaster and writer.

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Charles Tomlinson

Alfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE (8 January 1927 – 22 August 2015) was a British poet, translator, academic and illustrator.

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Christopher Logue

Christopher Logue, CBE (23 November 1926 – 2 December 2011)Mark Espiner, The Guardian, 2 December 2011 was an English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival, and a pacifist.

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Christopher Middleton (poet)

Christopher Middleton (10 June 1926 – 29 November 2015) was a British poet and translator, especially of German literature.

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D. J. Enright

Dennis Joseph "D.

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D. M. Thomas

Donald Michael Thomas, known as D. M. Thomas (born 27 January 1935), is a British novelist, poet, playwright and translator.

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David Gascoyne

David Gascoyne (10 October 1916 – 25 November 2001) was an English poet associated with the Surrealist movement.

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David Jones (artist-poet)

Walter David Jones CH, CBE (known as David Jones, 1 November 1895 – 28 October 1974) was both a painter and one of the first-generation British modernist poets.

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David Macleod Black

David Macleod Black (born 8 November 1941) is a South African-born Scottish poet and psychoanalyst.

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David Wevill

David Anthony Wevill (born 1935) is a Canadian poet and translator.

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Derek Mahon

Derek Mahon (born 23 November 1941) is an Irish poet.

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Dom Moraes

Dominic Francis "Dom" Moraes (19 July 1938 – 2 June 2004) was an Indian writer and poet who wrote in the English language.

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Donald Davie

Donald Alfred Davie (17 July 1922 – 18 September 1995) was an English Movement poet, and literary critic.

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Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion"; the 'play for voices' Under Milk Wood; and stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.

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Edward Lucie-Smith

John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith (born 27 February 1933), known as Edward Lucie-Smith, is an English writer, poet, art critic, curator and broadcaster.

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Edwin Morgan (poet)

Edwin George Morgan (27 April 1920 – 17 August 2010), The Independent.

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Edwin Muir

Edwin Muir (15 May 1887 – 3 January 1959) was a Scottish poet, novelist and translator.

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Elizabeth Jennings

Elizabeth Jennings (18 July 1926 – 26 October 2001) was an English poet.

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English poetry

This article focuses on poetry written in English from the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (and Ireland before 1922).

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Francis Berry

Francis Berry (23 March 1915 – 10 October 2006) was a British academic, poet, critic and translator.

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Gael Turnbull

Gael Turnbull (7 April 1928 – 2 July 2004) was a Scottish poet who was an important precursor of the British Poetry Revival.

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Geoffrey Hill

Sir Geoffrey William Hill, FRSL (18 June 1932 – 30 June 2016) was an English poet, professor emeritus of English literature and religion, and former co-director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University.

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George Barker (poet)

George Granville Barker (26 February 1913 – 27 October 1991) was an English poet, identified with the New Apocalyptics movement, which reacted against 1930s realism with mythical and surrealistic themes.

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George MacBeth

George Mann MacBeth (19 January 1932 – 16 February 1992) was a Scottish poet and novelist.

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George Mackay Brown

George Mackay Brown (17 October 1921 – 13 April 1996) was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist, whose work has a distinctly Orcadian character.

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Harry Guest

Harry Guest (Henry Bayly Guest; born 1932 in Penarth) is a British poet born in Wales.

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Henry Graham (poet)

Henry Graham (born 1 December 1930 in Liverpool) is a British poet.

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Hugh MacDiarmid

Christopher Murray Grieve (11 August 1892 – 9 September 1978), known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure.

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Iain Crichton Smith

Iain Crichton Smith, (Gaelic: Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn; 1 January 1928 – 15 October 1998) was a Scottish poet and novelist, who wrote in both English and Gaelic.

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Ian Hamilton Finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay, CBE (28 October 1925 – 27 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener.

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Irish poetry

Irish poetry includes poetry in two languages, Irish and English.

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Jeff Nuttall

Jeffrey Addison "Jeff" Nuttall (8 July 1933 – 4 January 2004) was an English poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, anarchist and social commentator who was a key part of the British 1960s counter-culture.

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John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman (28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack".

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John Fuller (poet)

John Fuller FRSL (born 1 January 1937) is an English poet and author, and Fellow Emeritus at Magdalen College, Oxford.

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John Heath-Stubbs

John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs OBE (9 July 1918 – 26 December 2006) was an English poet and translator, known for verse influenced by classical myths, and for the long Arthurian poem Artorius (1972).

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Jon Silkin

Jon Silkin (2 December 1930 – 25 November 1997) was a British poet.

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Jon Stallworthy

Jon (Howie) Stallworthy (18 January 1935 – 19 November 2014) FBA FRSL was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Oxford.

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Karen Gershon

Karen Gershon, born Kaethe Loewenthal (1923–1993) was a German-born British writer and poet.

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Kingsley Amis

Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher.

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Lawrence Durrell

Lawrence George Durrell (27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer.

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Lee Harwood

Lee Harwood (6 June 1939 – 26 July 2015) was a poet associated with the British Poetry Revival.

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List of poetry anthologies

List of movie.

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Liverpool poets

The Liverpool Poets are a number of influential 1960s poets from Liverpool, England, influenced by 1950s Beat poetry.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Louis MacNeice

Frederick Louis MacNeice CBE (12 September 1907 – 3 September 1963) was an Irish poet and playwright.

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Martin Bell (poet)

Martin Bell (1918 – 1978) was an English poet who was a key member of The Group, an informal group of poets who met in London from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.

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Matthew Mead (poet)

Matthew Mead (born 1924, Buckinghamshire, died 2009) was an English poet as well as a translator, with his wife Ruth, of German poets, including Johannes Bobrowski and Nelly Sachs.

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Michael Hamburger

Michael Hamburger (22 March 1924 – 7 June 2007) was a noted British translator, poet, critic, memoirist and academic.

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Nathaniel Tarn

Nathaniel Tarn (born June 30, 1928) is an American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator.

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Norman MacCaig

Norman Alexander MacCaig FRSE FRSL ARSA DLitt OBE (14 November 1910 – 23 January 1996) was a Scottish poet and teacher.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Patricia Beer

Patricia Beer (4 November 1924 – 15 August 1999) was an English poet and critic.

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Paul Evans (poet)

Paul Evans (1945 – 1991) was an English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a British publishing house.

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Peter Dale (poet)

Peter John Dale (born 21 August 1938) is a British poet and translator particularly noted for his skilful but unobtrusive use of poetic form.

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Peter Levi

Peter Chad Tigar Levi, FSA, FRSL (16 May 1931 in Ruislip – 1 February 2000 in Frampton-on-Severn) was a poet, archaeologist, Jesuit priest, travel writer, biographer, academic and prolific reviewer and critic.

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Peter Porter (poet)

Peter Neville Frederick Porter OAM (16 February 192923 April 2010) was a British-based Australian poet.

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Peter Redgrove

Peter William Redgrove (2 January 1932 – 16 June 2003) was a British poet, who also wrote prose, novels and plays with his second wife Penelope Shuttle.

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Philip Hobsbaum

Philip Dennis Hobsbaum (29 June 1932 – 28 June 2005) was a British teacher, poet and critic.

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Philip Larkin

Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and librarian.

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Poetry Review

Poetry Review is the magazine of The Poetry Society, edited by the poet Emily Berry.

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Robert Garioch

Robert Garioch Sutherland, (9 May 1909 – 26 April 1981), was a Scottish poet and translator.

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Robert Graves

Robert Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985), also known as Robert von Ranke Graves, was an English poet, historical novelist, critic, and classicist.

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Roger McGough

Roger McGough CBE, FRSL (born 9 November 1937) is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright.

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Rosemary Tonks

Rosemary Tonks (17 October 1928 – 15 April 2014) was an English poet and author.

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Roy Fisher

Roy Fisher (11 June 1930 – 21 March 2017) was a British poet and jazz pianist.

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Roy Fuller

Roy Broadbent Fuller (11 February 1912 – 27 September 1991) was an English writer, known mostly as a poet.

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Seamus Heaney

Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator.

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Spike Hawkins

Spike Hawkins (born 1943) is a British poet, best known for his "Three Pig Poems", included in his one book, the Fulcrum Press collection The Lost Fire-Brigade (1968).

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Stevie Smith

Florence Margaret Smith, known as Stevie Smith (20 September 1902 – 7 March 1971), was an English poet and novelist.

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Stewart Parker

James Stewart Parker (20 October 1941 – 2 November 1988) was a Northern Irish poet and playwright.

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Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer.

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Ted Hughes

Edward James Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet and children's writer.

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The Group (literature)

The Group was an informal group of poets who met in London from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.

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The Mersey Sound (anthology)

The Mersey Sound is an anthology of poems by Liverpool poets Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri first published in 1967, when it launched the poets into "considerable acclaim and critical fame".

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Thom Gunn

Thomson William “Thom” Gunn (29 August 1929 – 25 April 2004), was an English poet who was praised for his early verses in England, where he was associated with The Movement and his later poetry in America, even after moving toward a looser, free-verse style.

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Thomas Blackburn (poet)

Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn (10 February 1916 – 13 August 1977) was a British poet.

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Tom Raworth

Thomas Moore "Tom" Raworth (19 July 1938 – 8 February 2017) was an English-Irish poet, publisher, editor, and teacher who published over 40 books of poetry and prose during his life.

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Tony Connor

John Anthony Connor (born 1930) is an English poet and playwright.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vernon Watkins

Vernon Phillips Watkins (27 June 1906 – 8 October 1967) was a Welsh poet, translator and painter.

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W. S. Graham

William Sydney Graham (19 November 1918 – 9 January 1986) was a Scottish poet, who was often associated with Dylan Thomas and the neo-romantic group of poets.

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1970 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1970.

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1970 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Poetry_since_1945

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