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Cecil Day-Lewis died from pancreatic cancer on 22 May 1972, aged 68, at Lemmons, the Hertfordshire home of Kingsley Amis and Elizabeth Jane Howard, where he and his family were staying. As a great admirer of Thomas Hardy, he arranged to be buried near the author's grave at St Michael's Church in Stinsford, Dorset.
Quick Facts. British Celebrities Born In April. Also Known As: Cecil Day-Lewis. Died At Age: 68. Family: Spouse/Ex-: Constance Mary King (m. 1928–1951), Jill Balcon (m. 1951–1972) father: Rev. Frank Cecil Day-Lewis. mother: Kathleen Squires. children: Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicholas Day-Lewis, Sean Day-Lewis, Tamasin Day-Lewis. Born Country: Ireland.
For Day-Lewis, the most significant death in this period may have been the death of his father in the summer of 1937. For the poet, this death brought feelings of guilt over their long estrangement, and he reports in The Buried Day that “For many years after my father’s death” he had recurring dreams about their broken relationship.
May 18, 2024 · Died: May 22, 1972, Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, Eng. (aged 68) Title / Office: poet laureate (1968-1972) Notable Family Members: son Daniel Day-Lewis.
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He died in 1972 and was buried near the grave of Thomas Hardy. On his grave are inscribed his own words: Shall I be gone long? Forever and a day. To whom there belong?
May 23, 1972 · LONDON, May 22 — Cecil Day Lewis, Poet Laureate of Britain, died today at the age of 68. He had been ill with cancer for a year. Spell to The uric or Thai. Mr. Day Lewis died at the home of...
Cecil Day-Lewis CBE (or Day Lewis; 27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often written as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake, most of which feature the fictional detective Nigel Strangeways.
