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The poem was adopted by the greeting-card industry, led by graphic designer and calligrapher Elizabeth Lucas. Joseph ascribed the popularity of the poem to Lucas. "To her business acumen and energy I owe a hospitable following in California and later throughout northern America, more social, as I said, than literary.
British poet [53] Bessie Delany: 1891–1995: 104: American dentist, author and civil rights pioneer; younger sister of fellow centenarian Sadie Delany [54] Sadie Delany: 1889–1999: 109: American educator, author and civil rights pioneer; elder sister of fellow centenarian Bessie Delany [54] Güzin Dino: 1910–2013: 102: Turkish writer [55 ...
Ruth Pitter (alternatively Emma Thomas Pitter), CBE, FRSL (7 November 1897 – 29 February 1992) was a British poet.. She was the first woman to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1955, and was appointed CBE in 1979 to honour her many contributions to English literature.
The New American Poetry 1945-1960; The New British Poetry; New Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1950; New Poets of England and America; The New Poetry, A. Alvarez ed. New Provinces, F.R. Scott ed. Other: British and Irish Poetry since 1970; Oxford Book of Contemporary Verse; Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse; Oxford Book of English Verse
Poetry portal Subcategories. This category has the following 25 subcategories, out of 25 total. ... British women poets (7 C, 133 P) A. British Arabic-language poets ...
Just when you figured out "soonicorn" and started "dawn dating," perhaps it's time to understand what all those Brits mean with terms like "peng," "punching" and "cracking on." (You know, in case ...
In 1961, when Ball was 27, she took a job at a marriage bureau. [1] She founded her own dating agency, the Eros Friendship Bureau Ltd in 1962. [1] Ball claims that she had trouble advertising the service in newspapers because of the belief at the time that marriage bureaus were actually fronts for prostitution. [2]
Sitwell had two younger brothers, Osbert (1892–1969) and Sacheverell (1897–1988), both distinguished authors, well-known literary figures in their own right, and long-term collaborators. She described her childhood as "extremely unhappy" and said her mother had "terrible rages" while she rarely saw her father. [ 2 ]