John Fairfax was an
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
poet, editor and co-founder, with
John Moat
Roger John Moat (11 September 1936 – 16 September 2014) was a British poet, and co-founder, with John Fairfax, of the Arvon Foundation
The Arvon Foundation is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom that promotes creative writing. ...
, of the
Arvon Foundation
The Arvon Foundation is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom that promotes creative writing. Arvon is one of Arts Council England's National Portfolio Organisations.
Andrew Kidd is the Chief Executive Officer, Patricia Cumper is Ch ...
in 1968. Nephew of
George
George may refer to:
People
* George (given name)
* George (surname)
* George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George
* George Washington, First President of the United States
* George W. Bush, 43rd Presiden ...
and
Kit Barker
Kit Barker (1916–1988) was a British painter.
Biography
Barker was born in London, England, to English father George Barker (1879–1965), a police constable and former Army batman, and Irish mother Marion Frances (1881–1953), née Taaf ...
. Educated at
Plymouth College
Plymouth College is a co-educational independent school in Plymouth, Devon.
History
The school was established in 1877. In 1896 Plymouth College bought Mannamead School (founded in 1854), and was temporarily known as Plymouth and Mannamead Co ...
, he skipped university in favour of his uncle's "collection of misfits" in Zennor, near St Ives in Cornwall. John avoided the poetry scene, quietly producing his own work.
Fairfax died in Reading on 14 January 2009.
Poetry collections
*''Frontier of Going'' (1969)
*''Adrift on the Star-brow of Taliesin'' (1974)
*''Bone Harvest Done'' (1980)
External links
Obituary, The Guardian
1930 births
2009 deaths
20th-century English poets
People educated at Plymouth College
English male poets
20th-century English male writers
{{UK-poet-stub