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ENTRY: Grigson, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Grigson (2nd March 1905 - 1985) was an English writer. He
first came to prominence in the 1930s as a poet, then as editor from 1933 of New Verse.
Fiercely combative, he made many literary enemies. Later in life he was a noted critic,
reviewer (for The New York Review of Books in particular), and compiler of numerous
anthologies.
He published thirteen collections of poetry, and wrote on travel, the English countryside, and botany
amongst other subjects. His early biography of Samuel Palmer was influential in reviving interest
in the then almost-forgotten Palmer.
He was born in Pelynt, a village near Looe in Cornwall, England. At various times
he was involved in teaching, journalism and broadcasting. During the Second World War
he worked on radio monitoring as part of the BBC listening service at Wood Norton near Evesham.
Selected bibliography:
Visionary Poems (1944) (Anthology) Samuel Palmer: The Visionary Years (1947) Places of the Mind (1949) English drawing from Samuel Cooper to Gwen John (1956) The English Year (1967) (Anthology) A dictionary of English plant names (and some products of plants) (1974) Britain observed: the landscape through artists' eyes (1975) Country Writings (1984) Further reading: Barfoot, C.C. and R.M. Healey (Eds.) "My Rebellious and Imperfect Eye": Observing Geoffrey Grigson. DQR Studies in Literature, 33. Amsterdam/New York, 2002. (Contains a comprehensive Geoffrey Grigson bibliography).
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