Brian Christian de Claiborne Howard (13 March 1905 - 15 January 1958) was an English poet, whose work belied a spectacularly precocious start in life; in the end he became more of a journalist, writing for the New Statesman. March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. ... This article is about New Statesman magazine. ...

He was born to American parents in Hascombe, Surrey, and brought up in London; his father Francis Gassaway Howard was an associate of James Whistler. He was educated at Eton College, where he was one of the Eton Arts Society group including Harold Acton, Oliver Messel, Anthony Powell and Henry Yorke. He entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1923, not without difficulty. He was prominent in the group later known as the Oxford Wits. He was one of the Hypocrites group that included Harold Acton, Lord David Cecil, L. P. Hartley and Evelyn Waugh. The word Usa has more than one meaning: U.S.A. - The United States of America The United States Army Usa, Oita - A city in Japan The USA cable network USA Today national daily newspaper The University of Southern Alabama goes by the initials U.S.A. The patriotic cheer... The village of Hascombe consists of a cluster of cottages, church and pub, nestling between wooded hillsides in Surrey, United Kingdom - roughly midway between Godalming and Cranleigh. ... This is about Surrey, England. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 14, 1834 - July 17, 1903) was an American painter and etcher. ... Eton College is a public school (that is, an independent, fee-paying secondary school) for boys in Eton, Berkshire near Windsor in England. ... Harold Acton (July 5, 1904 - 1994) was an Anglo-Italian writer and dilettante who is probably most famous for inspiring the character of Anthony Blanche in Evelyn Waughs novel Brideshead Revisited (1945). ... Anthony Dymoke Powell (December 21, 1905 _ March 28, 2000) is a writer most remembered for his A Dance to the Music of Time duodecalogy published between 1951 and 1975. ... Henry Green was the nom de plume of Henry Vincent Yorke (October 29, 1905-December 13, 1973) . He was born near Tewkesbury of an educated family with successful business interests in Birmingham. ... Christ Church, Oxford - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne-Cecil (April 9, 1902 – January 1, 1986), was an English aristocrat, literary scholar, biographer and academic. ... Leslie Poles Hartley (December 30, 1895 - December 13, 1972) was a British writer, known for novels and short stories. ... Evelyn Waugh, as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten Evelyn Arthur St. ...

At this time he had already been published as a poet, in A. R. Orage's The New Age, and the final Sitwell Wheels anthology. He used the pseudonyms Jasper Proude and Charles Orange. His verse also was in Oxford Poetry 1924. Alfred Richard Orage was a socialist known for editing the magazine New Age. ... The Sitwells (Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell) were three siblings, who formed an identifiable literary and artistic clique around themselves in London in the period roughly 1916 to 1930. ... An anthology is a collection of literary works, originally of poems, but in recent years its usage has broadened to be applied to collections of short stories and comic strips. ... A pseudonym is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ...

Subsequently he led a very active social life, tried to come to terms with his homosexuality, and published only one substantial poetry collection God Save the King (1930, Hours Press). He was active as a poet during the Spanish Civil War, but did not ultimately invest in his work with seriousness. He drank heavily and used drugs. Homosexuality may refer to: A sexual orientation characterized by aesthetic attraction, romantic love, and sexual desire exclusively or almost exclusively for members of the same sex or with the same gender identity (e. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Nancy Clare Cunard (March 10, 1896 – March 17, 1965) was an English writer, editor and publisher, political activist and poet. ... Alternative meaning: Spanish Civil War, 1820-1823 A republican soldier seeks cover on the Plaza de Toros in Teruel, east of Madrid. ...

During World War II he worked for MI5 and then had a low-level post in the Royal Air Force. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Current MI5 headquarters in Thames House, London MI5—officially called the Security Service—is one of the British secret service agencies. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force of the United Kingdom. ...

He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide after the accidental death of a lover. Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ...

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• Portrait of a Failure (1968) Marie-Jacqueline Lancaster