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Alun Lewis (1915–1944)

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26+ Works 135 Members 1 Review

About the Author

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Works by Alun Lewis

Associated Works

The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse (1950) — Contributor, some editions — 295 copies, 3 reviews
The Penguin Book of Welsh Short Stories (1976) — Contributor — 104 copies
Apocalypse: An Anthology (2020) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Penguin New Writing No. 18 (1943) — Contributor — 5 copies
Little Reviews Anthology 1945 — Contributor, some editions — 2 copies
Life and letters today, March 1940 (1940) — Poem — 2 copies
Love from Wales: An Anthology (1991) — Contributor — 2 copies, 1 review

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate
1915-07-01
Date of death
1944-03-05
Gender
male
Education
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
Cowbridge Grammar School
University of Manchester
Occupations
poet
teacher
Nationality
Wales
UK
Birthplace
Cwmaman, Wales, UK
Place of death
Chittagong, Burma
Associated Place (for map)
Cwmaman, Wales, UK

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Reviews

1 review
This is an extraordinary collection of poems. Lewis was very accomplished and showed signs of becoming one of the great English poets of the 20th century before he killed himself in Burma during World War II.

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Statistics

Works
26
Also by
9
Members
135
Popularity
#150,830
Rating
3.8
Reviews
1
ISBNs
27
Languages
2

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