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Rosemary Tonks (born in 1928) was an English poet and author. After publishing two poetry collections, multiple novels and prose pieces, she disappeared from the public eye after a lengthy illness. Tonks worked for the BBC, writing stories and reviewing…
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The Night of the Scorpion - Nissim Ezekiel
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Nissim Ezekiel
B. 1924 D. 2004
Born in Mumbai (Bombay), Ezekiel has been described as ‘the father of post-independence Indian poetry in English’. His heritage is Indian Jewish. He received a BA in Literature from Wilson College, Bombay University in 1947 and studied philosophy at Birkbeck…
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Robert Creeley
B. 1926 D. 2005
Born in Arlington, Massachusetts in 1926, Creely was educated at Holderness School, Plymouth and Harvard University. Creeley’s father died in 1930 and he was raised by his mother and sister. He was left blind in one eye following a…