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John Lancaster (writer)
John Lancaster (born 18 April 1946) is a British poet and writer. He has published five collections of poetry: ''Effects of War'' (1986); ''Split Shift'' (with Geoff Hattersley) (1990); ''The Barman'' (1993), ''Here In Scotland'' (with Milan Knizak) (2000) and Potters: A Division of Labour (2017) which won the inaugural Arnold Bennett Book Prize. Early life and career John Lancaster was born and grew up in the village of Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire and educated at Hanley High School, Stoke-on-Trent and Sheffield University. He qualified as a town and regional planner in 1970 and then worked in local government and the housing association movement. While working in Birmingham he was trombonist with Dan Pawson's Artesian Hall Stompers (1973–1979) and during this period spent time living and playing jazz in New Orleans, USA: it was in these years that he began to write. Writing career Lancaster first came to prominence as a second prizewinner in the National Poetry Competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lancaster (writer, Poet)
John Lancaster may refer to: *John de Lancaster (MP), Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancashire in 1316 *John Lancaster (died 1424), MP for Suffolk (1407–1414) and Norfolk (1419, 1421–1412) *John Lancaster (died 1434), MP for Cumberland and Westmorland *John Lancaster (bishop) (died 1619), 17th-century Anglican Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in Ireland *John Lancaster (MP) (1816–1884), MP for Wigan *John Lancaster (writer) (born 1946), British poet and writer *John L. Lancaster, President of the Texas and Pacific Railroad during the first half of the 20th century *John Lancaster (Royal Navy officer) John Lancaster may refer to: *John de Lancaster (MP), Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancashire in 1316 *John Lancaster (died 1424), MP for Suffolk (1407–1414) and Norfolk (1419, 1421–1412) *John Lancaster (died 1434), MP for Cumberland and We ... (1903–1992) See also * Jon Lancaster (born 1988), racing driver * Jack Lancaster, composer {{human name disambiguation, Lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Knizak
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Armitage
Simon Robert Armitage (born 26 May 1963) is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist. He was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019. He is professor of poetry at the University of Leeds. He has published over 20 collections of poetry, starting with '' Zoom!'' in 1989. Many of his poems concern his home town in West Yorkshire; these are collected in '' Magnetic Field: The Marsden Poems''. He has translated classic poems including the ''Odyssey'', '' The Death of King Arthur'', ''Pearl'', and ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight''. He has written several travel books including ''Moon Country'' and '' Walking Home: Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way''. He has edited poetry anthologies including one on the work of Ted Hughes. He has participated in numerous television and radio documentaries, dramatisations, and travelogues. Early life and education Armitage was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, and grew up in the village of Marsden, where his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Morley (poet)
David Morley FRSL (born March 1964) is a British poet, professor, and ecologist. His best-selling textbook ''The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing'' has been translated into many languages. His major poetry collections include ''FURY'', ''Scientific Papers'', ''The Invisible Kings'', ''Enchantment'', ''The Gypsy and the Poet'', and ''The Magic of What's There'' are published by Carcanet Press. ''The Invisible Gift: Selected Poems'' was published by Carcanet and won The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry. He was awarded a Cholmondeley Award by The Society of Authors for his body of work and contribution to poetry. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature. ''FURY'' published in August 2020 was a Poetry Book Society Choice and shortlisted for The Forward Prize for Best Collection. Background Morley read Zoology at Bristol University, gaining a fellowship from the Freshwater Biological Association. He then conducted research on acid rain. Before his appointment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sansom
Peter Sansom (born 1958) is a British poet. Biography Sansom was born in 1958 in Nottinghamshire. For ten years Peter taught the MA Poetry at Huddersfield University before becoming a Fellow in Creative Writing at Leeds University. He is currently Company Poet with Prudential. He is also a director with Ann Sansom of the Poetry Business in Sheffield, where they edit ''The North'' magazine and Smith/Doorstop Books. Sansom's book, ''Writing Poems'', is published by Bloodaxe (1994). Carcanet Press publish his five poetry collections: ''Everything You’ve Heard is True'', a Poetry Book Society Recommendation (1990), ''January'' (1994), for which he received an Arts Council Writer's Bursary and an award from the Society of Authors, ''Point of Sale'' (2000) and ''The Last Place on Earth'' (2006). The poet is married to the poet, Ann Sansom and has four children. He is a writer-in-residence with Marks and Spencer and a Guest Poet at ''The Times Educational Supplement''. He has recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milner Place
Milner Place (25 January 1930 – 28 May 2020) was an English writer most well known for his poetry. He was born in Thirsk, North Yorkshire to Dorothy F. Place and Tom Place. He had three siblings, Ullin, Dorothy and David. His brother Ullin Place was well known for his work on consciousness as a process of the brain. His sister, Dorothy E. Smith was a renowned sociologist. Life and career Early in his life he worked as a forester. From 1948 to 1950 he served in the military, he then studied briefly at an agricultural college, worked as a bartender and managed the family farm. Place lived much of his life on the sea. In 1953 he sailed to South Africa where he worked in a copper mine. In 1955 he returned to England and worked as a journalist. In 1958 he sailed to New York City and from 1958 to 1961 lived in the Bahamas. In 1961, he bought his first ship and sailed it through Miami and England to Mallorca. During the Algerian War, he was a smuggler. The years 1962 and 1963 he spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open College Of The Arts
The Open College of the Arts (OCA) is an open learning arts college, with a Head Office in Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1987 by Michael Young, it is a registered charity and the distance learning partner of the University for the Creative Arts (UCA). As of the 2016/17 academic year, the full cost of a part-time degree with the Open College of the Arts is less than £10,000. Courses The OCA offers BA honours degrees in the following areas: *Creative Arts *Drawing *Fine Art *Garden Design *Interior Design *Music *Graphic Design *Illustration *Painting *Photography *Textiles *Creative Writing *Visual Communications An award-winning MA in Fine Art was launched in 2011. The MA in Graphic Design was launched in 2021. Degrees are awarded by the University for the Creative Arts. The OCA has an open-door academic policy An open-door academic policy, or open-door policy, is a policy if a university accepting to enroll students without asking for evidence of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Births
Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister of Albania, prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Poets
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
