Silkin, Jon.

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Birth 1930-12-02
Death 1997-11-25
Britons,
English,

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British poet.

From the description of Jon Silkin Papers, 1952-1956. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 31189937

Epithet: poet

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0002bd

Jon Silkin was a British poet who authored and edited many volumes of poetry. His Selected Poems were published in 1980 and in a revised edition, 1994. He was founding co-editor of Stand (1952-1997). He was a teacher of English for foreign students at the University of Leeds, England. Silkin was a Gregory Fellow in poetry. (Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: The Gale Group. 2003.)

From the guide to the Jon Silkin Papers, 1952-1956, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)

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Subjects:

  • Correspondence
  • English drama
  • English poetry
  • Poets, English
  • Little magazines
  • War poetry
  • World War, 1914-1918 Literature and the war

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  • Editors

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