British Poetry since 1945 is a poetry anthology edited by Edward Lucie-Smith, and published in 1970 by Penguin Books. 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. ... Edward Lucie-Smith, 2006 John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith (born 27 February 1933) is a British writer, poet, art critic, curator and author of exhibition catalogues. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Penguin Books is a British publisher founded in 1935 by Allen Lane. ...

It was a careful attempt, by sub-classification, to take account of the whole span of post-war British poetry, including poets from The Group, the London-centred movement of which Lucie-Smith himself had assumed leadership from Philip Hobsbaum. Older poets such as Robert Graves, John Betjeman and Dylan Thomas are included in the first section, "Sources". Under "New Voices" it not only included Seamus Heaney, but also Liverpool poets, Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten, who, although featured in the best-selling The Mersey Sound anthology, were not accepted at the time by mainstream critics. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Philip Hobsbaum (born 29 June 1932) is an academic, poet and critic. ... Portrait of Robert Graves (circa 1974) by Rab Shiell Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 5 November 1955) was an English poet, scholar, and novelist. ... Sir John Betjeman CBE (28 August 1906–19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Whos Who as a poet and hack. He was born to a middle-class family in Edwardian London. ... Dylan Marlais Thomas, (October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer. ... Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney (IPA: //) (born 13 April 1939) is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ... The Liverpool Poets were a group of influential 1960s poets from Liverpool, heavily influenced by the 1950s Beat poetry. ... Adrian Henri (April 10, 1932 – December 21, 2000) was a British poet and painter. ... Front cover of the 1983 revised edition of The Mersey Sound Roger McGough CBE (born November 9, 1937) is a well-known British performance poet. ... Brian Patten (photo by Hugo Glendinning) Brian Patten (born 7 February 1946, Liverpool) is a British poet, born in a working-class neighbourhood near the docks. ... The Mersey Sound is an anthology of poems by Liverpudlian poets Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri first published in 1967. ...

Lucie-Smith wrote in the introduction:

It was reprinted several times. In 1985 there was a revised edition, omitting some poets and adding new ones. New sections recognised the increased influence of the Northern Irish and "university" poets. Motto:  (Latin for Who will separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Ulster Scots, Irish3, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Irish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of...

Poets in British Poetry since 1945 (first edition)

A. Alvarez - Kingsley Amis - George Barker - Patricia Beer - Martin Bell - Francis Berry - John Betjeman - D. M. Black - Thomas Blackburn - Alan Bold - Alan Brownjohn - Basil Bunting - Miles Burrows - Charles Causley - Barry Cole - Tony Connor - Iain Crichton Smith - Peter Dale - Donald Davie - Lawrence Durrell - D. J. Enright - Paul Evans - Ian Hamilton Finlay - Roy Fisher - John Fuller - Roy Fuller - Robert Garioch - David Gascoyne - Karen Gershon - Henry Graham - W. S. Graham - Robert Graves - Harry Guest - Thom Gunn - Michael Hamburger - Ian Hamilton Finlay - Lee Harwood - Spike Hawkins - Seamus Heaney - John Heath-Stubbs - Adrian Henri - Geoffrey Hill - Philip Hobsbaum - Anselm Hollo - Ted Hughes - Elizabeth Jennings - Brian Jones - Philip Larkin - Peter Levi - Christopher Logue - Edward Lucie-Smith - George MacBeth - Norman MacCaig - Hugh MacDiarmid - Roger McGough - George Mackay Brown - Louis MacNeice - Barry MacSweeney - Derek Mahon - Matthew Mead - Christopher Middleton - Adrian Mitchell - Dom Moraes - Edwin Morgan - Edwin Muir - Jeff Nuttall - Stewart Parker - Brian Patten - Sylvia Plath - Peter Porter - Tom Raworth - Peter Redgrove - Jon Silkin - Stevie Smith - Bernard Spencer - Jon Stallworthy - Nathaniel Tarn - Dylan Thomas - D. M. Thomas - Anthony Thwaite - Charles Tomlinson - Rosemary Tonks - Gael Turnbull - Vernon Watkins - David Wevill Al Alvarez (1929-) is an English poet, writer and critic. ... Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... See George Barker for other notable people with the same name. ... Patricia Beer (1924?– 1999) was an English poet and critic. ... Francis Berry (born March 23, 1915) is a British academic, poet, critic and translator. ... Sir John Betjeman CBE (28 August 1906–19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Whos Who as a poet and hack. He was born to a middle-class family in Edwardian London. ... Alan Bold (b. ... Alan Charles Brownjohn (born 28 July 1931) is a British poet and novelist. ... Basil Cheesman Bunting (March 3, 1900 – 1985) was a British modernist poet. ... Miles Burrows (born 1936) is a British poet. ... Charles Causley (August 24, 1917 – November 4, 2003) was a Cornish poet and writer. ... Barry Cole (born 1936) is a British poet. ... Tony Connor (born 1930) is a British poet. ... Iain Crichton Smith (Iain Mac aGhobhainn) (January 1, 1928 - October 15, 1998) was a Scottish man of letters, writing in both English and Scottish Gaelic, and a prolific author in both languages. ... Peter Dale is a UK poet and translator. ... Donald Alfred Davie (1922-1995) was an English poet and critic. ... Lawrence George Durrell (February 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990) was a British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, though he resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan. ... Dennis Joseph Enright (March 11, 1920 – December 31, 2002) was a British academic, poet, novelist and critic, and general man of letters. ... Paul Evans may refer to any of the following people Paul Evans (basketball coach), an American college basketball coach Paul Evans (poet) British poet Paul Evans (b. ... Ian Hamilton Finlay, Star. ... Roy Fisher (born 1930) is a British poet and jazz pianist. ... For other people named John Fuller, see Fuller (disambiguation). ... Roy Broadbent Fuller (11 February 1912 – 27 September 1991) was an English writer, known mostly as a poet. ... Robert Garioch Sutherland, (May 9, 1909 – April 26, 1981), was a Scottish poet and translator. ... The cover of Gascoynes 1935 book A Short Survey of Surrealism David Gascoyne (October 10, 1916 - November 25, 2001) was a British poet associated with the Surrealist movement. ... Karen Gershon, born Kaethe Loewenthal (1923-1993) was a German-born British poet. ... Henry Graham (born 1930) is a British poet. ... W. S. Graham (November 19, 1918 - January 9, 1986) was a Scottish poet who is often associated with Dylan Thomas and the neo-romantic group of poets. ... Portrait of Robert Graves (circa 1974) by Rab Shiell Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 5 November 1955) was an English poet, scholar, and novelist. ... Harry Guest (born 1938) is a British poet. ... Thom Gunn (August 29, 1929 - April 25, 2004) was a British poet. ... Michael Hamburger OBE (born 22 March 1924) is a noted British translator, poet, and academic, known in particular for his translations of Friedrich Hölderlin, Paul Celan, and W. G. Sebald from German, and his work as a literary critic. ... Ian Hamilton Finlay, Star. ... Lee Harwood (born 1939) is a poet associated with the British Poetry Revival. ... Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney (IPA: //) (born 13 April 1939) is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ... John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs (born 9 July 1918) is a British poet and translator, known for his verse influenced by classical myths, and the long Arthurian poem Artorius (1972). ... Adrian Henri (April 10, 1932 – December 21, 2000) was a British poet and painter. ... Geoffrey Hill (born June 18, 1932) is a British poet, Professor of English Literature and Religion, and co-director of the Editorial Institute at Boston University, Massachusetts, USA. // Biography Geoffrey Hill was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, in 1932. ... Philip Hobsbaum (born 29 June 1932) is an academic, poet and critic. ... Anselm Hollo (born 1934) is a prolific Finnish poet and translator, resident since the late 1960s in the United States. ... Edward (Ted) James Hughes, OM, referred to normally as Ted Hughes, (August 17, 1930 – October 28, 1998) was an English poet and childrens writer. ... This article is about the English poet. ... Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. ... Peter Levi (1931 – 2000) was a British poet, scholar and writer. ... Christopher Logue (born Portsmouth, 1926) is an English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival. ... Edward Lucie-Smith, 2006 John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith (born 27 February 1933) is a British writer, poet, art critic, curator and author of exhibition catalogues. ... George Mann MacBeth (January 19, 1932-February 16, 1992) was a Scottish poet and novelist. ... The cover of MacCaigs Selected Poems Norman MacCaig (14 November 1910 – 23 January 1996) was a Scottish poet. ... Hugh MacDiarmid was the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (August 11, 1892, Langholm - September 9, 1978), perhaps the most important Scottish poet of the 20th century. ... Front cover of the 1983 revised edition of The Mersey Sound Roger McGough CBE (born November 9, 1937) is a well-known British performance poet. ... George Mackay Brown (1921 - 1996), was a poet, author and dramatist. ... Frederick Louis MacNeice (September 12, 1907 – September 3, 1963) was a British and Irish poet and playwright. ... Barry MacSweeney (July 17, 1948 - May 18, 2000) was an English poet and journalist. ... Derek Mahon Derek Mahon (born 23 November 1941) is an Irish poet. ... Matthew Mead (born 1924) is a British poet. ... Christopher Middleton (born June 10, 1926) is a British poet, translator (especially of German literature), and academic. ... Adrian Mitchell (born 1932) is a British poet and dramatist. ... Dominic Francis Moraes (July 19, 1938 - June 2, 2004), popularly known as Dom Moraes was an Indian writer, poet and columnist. ... Edwin Morgan (born April 27, 1920) is a Scottish poet and translator who is associated with the British Poetry Revival. ... Edwin Muir (15 May 1887 - 3 January 1959) was an Orcadian [1] poet, novelist and translator born on a farm in Deerness on the Orkney Islands. ... Jeff Nuttall (July 8, 1933 - January 4, 2004) was an English poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, anarchist sympathiser and social commentator who was a key part of the British 1960s counter-culture. ... James Stewart Parker (20 October 1941-2 November 1988) was a Northern Irish poet and playwright. ... Brian Patten (photo by Hugo Glendinning) Brian Patten (born 7 February 1946, Liverpool) is a British poet, born in a working-class neighbourhood near the docks. ... Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, short story writer, and essayist. ... Peter Neville Frederick Porter (born 1929 is an Australian born British poet. ... Tom Raworth (Thomas Moore Raworth) (born 1938) is a London-born poet and visual artist who has published over 40 books of poetry and prose since 1966. ... Peter William Redgrove (1932- 2003) was a prolific British poet, who also wrote works with his second wife Penelope Shuttle on menstruation and womens health, novels and plays. ... Jon Silkin (1930 - 1997) was a British poet. ... Stevie Smith was a British poet and radio personality (September 20, 1902 - March 7, 1971). ... Charles Bernard Spencer (1909 – 1963) was an English poet. ... he was a very cool writerf ... Nathaniel Tarn (born 1928) Nathaniel Tarn was born in 1928 in Paris and educated in France, Belgium and England and is a trained anthropologist. ... Dylan Marlais Thomas, (October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer. ... Donald Michael Thomas, known as D. M. Thomas (1935-), is an English novelist, poet, and translator. ... Anthony Simon Thwaite (born 1930) is a British poet and writer. ... Alfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE (born January 8, 1927) is a major British poet and translator, and also an academic and artist. ... Rosemary Tonks (1932 - ?) was an English poet. ... Gael Turnbull (1928 - July 2, 2004) was a Scottish poet who was an important precursor of the British Poetry Revival. ... Vernon Watkins (1906 – 1967) was a Welsh poet, and a painter. ... David Wevill (born 1937) is a British poet. ...