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Also Known As John Frederick Lehmann
Born June 2, 1907 • England
Died April 7, 1987 (aged 79) • London • England
Notable Works “New Writing”
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Geoffrey Grigson
British editor and poet
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George Woodcock
Canadian writer
T.S. Eliot stands at a chalkboard, writing a diagram with letters and Greek symbols representing characters for a play, in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study.
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
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William Morris
British artist and author
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
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Sir Victor Gollancz
British author and publisher
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Cyril Connolly
British writer and editor
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Dom Moraes
Indian writer
Joan Aiken.
Joan Aiken
British author
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A.J.M. Smith
Canadian poet and anthologist
William Blake
William Blake
English engraver, artist, and poet
Portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British poet and critic
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Irish-born author and scholar
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
British writer
Siegfried Sassoon, wearing a British army uniform and cap, looks directly at the camera in this 1915 black-and-white portrait.
Siegfried Sassoon
British writer
Illustration from Ann Radcliffe's The Romance of the Forest
Ann Radcliffe
English author
Portrait of Gilbert Keith Chesterton wearing glasses and a suit, with a mustache and tousled hair, looking directly at the camera.
G.K. Chesterton
British author
William Caxton
William Caxton
English printer, translator, and publisher
Leigh Hunt, detail of a watercolour and gouache on ivory by Margaret Gillies, 1838–46; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Leigh Hunt
British author
Otway, miniature by Thomas Flatman, c. 1675; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Thomas Otway
English author

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