Autograph manuscripts of poems by John Betjeman, together with a typed letter from his secretary ca. 1966

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Autograph manuscripts of poems by John Betjeman, together with a typed letter from his secretary ca. 1966

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2 items, held in 2 vols; manuscript and typescript.

eng,

GB 206 Leeds University Library

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Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

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John Betjeman was a poet, journalist, free-lance writer, architectural commentator, broadcaster, and television personality who was popular in England in the 1960s and 1970s and was active in the campaigning for the preservation of churches, buildings and landscape. He was knighted in 1969 and became poet laureate in 1972. During his time at Oxford University, Betjeman's active social life included writers such as Evelyn Waugh, Bryan Guiness, Graham Greene, and W.H. Auden. He married Penelope Ch...