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C.H. Sisson
Charles Hubert Sisson, Order of the Companions of Honour, CH (22 April 1914 – 5 September 2003), usually cited as C. H. Sisson, was a British writer, best known as a poet and translator. Life Born in Bristol in 1914, C. H. Sisson was noted as a poet, novelist, essayist and an important translator. He was a great friend of the critic and writer Donald Davie, with whom he corresponded regularly. Sisson's parents were Richard Percy Sisson and Ellen Minnie Sisson (née Worlock). He was educated at the University of Bristol where he read English and Philosophy. He continued his studies in France and Germany.''Who's Who, 1974'', London : A. & C. Black, 1974, p. 3016) As a poet he first came to light through the London Arts Review, X (magazine), ''X'', founded by the painter Patrick Swift and the poet David Wright (poet), David Wright. He reacted against the prevailing intellectual climate of the 1930s, particularly the Auden Group, preferring to go back to the anti-romantic T. E. Hu ...
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