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Not Waving but Drowning" is a poem by the British poet Stevie Smith. It was published in 1957, as part of a collection of the same title. [ 1 ] The most famous of Smith's poems, [ 2 ] it gives an account of a drowned man, whose distant movements in the water had been mistaken for waving. [ 3 ]
Florence Margaret Smith (20 September 1902 – 7 March 1971), known as Stevie Smith, was an English poet and novelist. She won the Cholmondeley Award and was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. A play, Stevie by Hugh Whitemore, based on her life, was adapted into a film starring Glenda Jackson.
A fact from Not Waving but Drowning appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 May 2009 (check views).The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Stevie Smith's most famous poem, "Not Waving but Drowning", describes a man who drowns because onlookers mistake his thrashing for waving?
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Not Waving but Drowning is the title of a 1957 poem by British poet Stevie Smith. It may also refer to: Not Waving, but Drowning, a 2019 album by British rapper Loyle Carner. This album contains a track by the same name featuring an elderly woman, who speaks about the 1957 poem by Stevie Smith. Not Waving but Drowning, 2012 drama film