collected poems 1951 2000 charles causley

Times (London, England), November 6, 2003.īritish writer Jackie Kay has won acclaim for work that questions assumptions about personal and cultural identity. Independent (London, England), November 6, 2003, p. *** OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES: PERIODICALS In 2001, Causley was also one of ten writers to be named a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature. Eliot Award in 1990 and the Heywood Hill Literary Prize in 2000. His honors in clude being named a Commander of the Order of the Brit ish Empire in 1986, and receiving the Ingersoll/T. Although his name might not be the most recognizable in the field of poetry, Causley was much lauded by critics, and many of his poems have become standards, especially in his native England. Some of these works include Dick Whittington: A Story from England (1976), Jack the Treacle Eater (1987), and The Merrymaid of Zennor (1999). Many of Causley's books were written for younger audiences, and he kept publishing children's verses even after he left teaching in 1976. Over three dozen collections would follow, including Johnny Alleluia (1961), Six Women (1973), Secret Destinations (1984), and, most recently, Collected Poems, 1951-2000 (2000). His first collection, Farewell, Aggie Weston, was published in 1951. Returning home in 1946, he completed his college education and became a teacher in Cornwall. It was during his six years in the navy that he felt he had found an important subject to write about, as well as the form in which to put it. Educated at Launceston College, he was interested in poetry as a young man, though he never considered himself a poet in fact until he experienced war in the Royal Navy during World War II. Strongly influenced by folk songs and ballad forms, Causley was a prolific, award-winning author of poetry for children and adults.

OBITUARY NOTICE - See index for SATA sketch: Born August 24, 1917, in Launceston, Cornwall, England died November 4, 2003, in Launceston, England.

Collected poems 1951 2000 charles causley