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Sir John Betjeman, CBE (/ ˈ b ɛ tʃ ə m ən /; 28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death.
Jan 14, 2016 · Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984) was UK Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death, and became one of Britain’s best-loved poets of the twentieth century. When his Collected Poems was published in 1955, it was a bestseller. Below is our selection of Betjeman’s best poems, along with a short summary of each poem and a link to where you can read it.
May 15, 2024 · John Betjeman (born August 28, 1906, London, England—died May 19, 1984, Trebetherick, Cornwall) was a British poet known for his nostalgia for the near past, his exact sense of place, and his precise rendering of social nuance, which made him widely read in England at a time when much
John Betjeman, poet laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 until his death in 1984, was known by many as a poet whose writing evoked a sense of nostalgia. He utilized traditional poetic forms, wrote with a light touch about public issues, celebrated classic architecture, and satirized much of…
Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984) was a twentieth-century English poet, writer and broadcaster. Born to a middle-class family in Edwardian Hampstead, he attended Oxford University, although left without graduating. [1]
Sir John Betjeman was a British poet who served as Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. Considered one of the most popular poets of the 20th century, he is still beloved by readers today for his accessible, witty, and often nostalgic verse.
He is one of the most amusing writers in English and perhaps his greatest gift was for satire of the middle classes. Born in North London in 1906, he was taught by TS Eliot at an early age; although Eliot later became a friend, Betjeman was not a modernist.
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