John Gawsworth (June 29, 1912 - September 23, 1970), a pseudonym of Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong, was a British writer, poet and compiler of anthologies, both of poetry and of short stories. He also used the pseudonym Orpheus Scrannel (alludes to Milton's Lycidas). June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Jump to: navigation, search September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search A pseudonym (Greek: false name) 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, usually historical, in authorship of a work of art; e. ... 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. ... Lycidas is a major poem by John Milton, written in 1637 as a pastoral elegy, first appearing in a 1638 collection of elegies entitled Justa Edouardo King Naufrago dedicated to the memory of Edward King, a collegemate of Miltons at Cambridge who had been drowned when his ship sank...

As a very young man he moved in London literary circles. He ran the Twyn Barlwm Press, a small press publishing some well-known poets. He was a friend of both Edgar Jepson and M. P. Shiel, whose literary executor he would later become. He gave Hugh MacDiarmid a roof over his head in London in 1934 (MacDiarmid returned the compliment in When the Rat-Race Is Over; an essay in honour of the fiftieth birthday of John Gawsworth (1962)). At this time he was very much involved in compiling story collections, generally of the fiction of the supernatural. Poetry collections of this time were Lyrics to Kingcup (1932), Mishka and Madeleine. A Poem Sequence for Marcia (1932), Poems 1930-1932 (1936), New Poems 1939. Later he published through the Richards Press. The Dun Emer Press in 1903 with Elizabeth Yeats working the hand press Small press is a term often used to describe publishers who typically specialize in genre fiction, or limited edition books or magazines. ... Edgar Alfred Jepson (1863 - 1938) was an English writer, principally of mainstream adventure and detective fiction, but also of some supernatural and fantasy stories that are better remembered. ... M. P. Shiel (July 21, 1865 – February 17, 1947) was a prolific British writer of genre fantasy fiction, remembered mostly for supernatural and science fiction, published as novels, short stories and as serials. ... Hugh MacDiarmid was the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (August 11, 1892 - September 9, 1978). ...

He met and befriended the young Lawrence Durrell in 1932, when he was living in Denmark Street ; he made friends as well as enemies (Dylan Thomas, George Woodcock) throughout literary London. Lawrence 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. ... Dylan Marlais Thomas, (Swansea, October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953 in New York City) was a Welsh poet and writer. ... George Woodcock (May 8, 1912 - January 28, 1995) was a Canadian writer. ...

He made a more serious name for himself in Cairo during World War II, returning to a picturesque eccentricity as a Fitzrovian. His Collected Poems appeared in 1949. A later volume is Toreros (1990). Jump to: navigation, search Although technically in Giza, The Great Pyramids have become a symbol of Cairo internationally Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة; transliterated: al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt (and previously the United Arab Republic) and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that... The area of London known as Fitzrovia is bounded on the east by the Tottenham Court Road and on the south by Oxford Street and is thus just north of Soho. ...

The Known Signatures anthology (reactionary, quite literally) was prompted by the Michael Roberts New Country collection. The Edwardian Poetry Book One (1936) (edited anonymously) and Neo-Georgian Poetry 1936-1937 are extraordinary for their retrospective vision. Michael Roberts may refer to: Michael Roberts (1902-1948), a British poet, writer, critic and broadcaster Michael Roberts, (1908-1997) a British historian specializing in the early modern period and particularly known for his studies of Swedish history. ...

Poets in Known Signatures (1932)

Edmund Blunden - A. E. Coppard - W. H. Davies - Lord Alfred Douglas - Ernest Dowson - John Drinkwater - John Freeman - John Gawsworth - Wilfrid Gibson - John Gray - Lionel Johnson - Hugh MacDiarmid - Richard Middleton - Harold Monro - Herbert Palmer - Edith Sitwell - L. A. G. Strong - Edward Thomas - Theodore Wratislaw Edmund Charles Blunden (November 1, 1896 - January 20, 1974), although not one of the top trio of English World War I writers, was an important and influential poet, author and critic. ... Alfred Edgar Coppard ( January 4 1878 – January 13, 1957) was an English writer, noted for his influence on the short story form, and poet. ... William Henry Davies (1871-1940) was a Welsh poet and writer; he was one of the most popular poets of his time. ... Lord Alfred Douglas Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas KBE (born October 22, 1870; died March 20, 1945), nicknamed Bosie, was the third son of John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, and the former Sibyl Montgomery. ... Ernest Christopher Dowson (2 August 1867-23 February 1900), an English poet who was associated with the Decadent Movement, was born at Lee, south-east of London. ... John Drinkwater (June 1, 1882 - March 25, 1937) was an English poet and dramatist. ... John Freeman (1880 – 1929) was an English poet and essayist, who gave up a successful career in insurance to write full time. ... Wilfred Wilson Gibson (1878-1962) was a British poet, associated with World War I but also the author of the popular Flannan Isle. ... There have been a number of notable people named John Gray John Gray (North Carolina) was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly in the late 18th century. ... Lionel Pigot Johnson (15 March 1867 - 4 October 1902) was an English poet, essayist and critic. ... Hugh MacDiarmid was the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (August 11, 1892 - September 9, 1978). ... Richard Barham Middleton (October 28, 1882 - December 1, 1911) was a British poet, who is remembered mostly for his short stories, in particular The Ghost Ship. ... ... Herbert Edward Palmer (10 February 1880 - 17 May 1961) was an English poet and critic. ... Edith Sitwell (September 7, 1887 – December 9, 1964) was a British poet and critic. ... Leonard Alfred George Strong (1896-1958) was an English writer, known as a novelist, journalist, and poet. ... Do you mean: Edward Thomas, the English poet, killed at Arras in 1917 Corporal Edward Thomas, who fired the first British shots in World War I This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Poets in Edwardian Poets (1936)

Roy Campbell - Frederick Carter - Wilfred Rowland Childe - Frank Eyre - John Gawsworth - Michael Juste - Hugh MacDiarmid - Hamish MacLaren - Mary Francis McHugh - R. L. Mégroz - E. H. W. Meyerstein - Herbert Palmer - Ruth Pitter - Tristram Rainey - A. S. J. Tessimond - E. H. Visiak - Anna Wickham See Roy Campbell (Poet) for the South African poet. ... Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter (born February 12, 1819 in St. ... Wilfred Rowland Childe (1890 - 1952) was a British poet and critic. ... Hugh MacDiarmid was the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (August 11, 1892 - September 9, 1978). ... Jump to: navigation, search Rodolphe Louis Mégroz (2 August 1891 - 30 September 1968) was a prolific English writer, critic and poet. ... Edward Harry William Meyerstein (August 11, 1889 – September 12, 1952) was an English writer and scholar, now remembered mostly for his life of Thomas Chatterton. ... Herbert Edward Palmer (10 February 1880 - 17 May 1961) was an English poet and critic. ... Ruth Pitter (1897 - February 29, 1992) was a British poet. ... Arthur Seymour John Tessimond (1902-1962 in Liverpool) was a poet. ... Edward Harold Physick (July 20, 1878 - 30 August 1972) was an English writer, known chiefly as a critic and authority on John Milton; also a poet and fantasy writer. ... Anna Wickham was the pseudonym of Edith Alice Mary Harper (1884 -1947), a British poet with strong Australian connections. ...

External links

• The Lyric Struggles of John Gawsworth
• At Supernatural Fiction Database, story anthologies