born Sept. 12, 1907, Belfast, Ire.
died Sept. 3, 1963, London, Eng.
British poet and playwright.
He published his first book of poetry, Blind Fireworks (1929), while studying at Oxford. In the 1930s he became known as one of a group of socially committed young poets that included W.H. Auden , C. Day-Lewis , and Stephen Spender . His volumes include Autumn Journal (1939) and The Burning Perch (1963). He wrote and produced radio verse plays for the BBC, notably The Dark Tower (1947), with music by Benjamin Britten . Among his prose works are Letters from Iceland (1937; with Auden) and The Poetry of W.B. Yeats (1941).
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