George Barker (poet)
George Granville Barker was an English poet. He identified with the New Apocalyptics movement, which reacted against 1930s realism with mythical and surrealistic themes. His long liaison with Elizabeth Smart was the subject of her novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.
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