Background
- Born in
- Bristol
- Educated at
- Bedford Modern School
- Awards
- 🏆 King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry
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Trending topics shown first"The difference between tragedy and comedy is the difference between experience and intuition. In the experience we strive against every condition of our animal life: against death, against the frustra…"
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1907
Born
Birth2005
Died
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