Louis MacNeice
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Irish poet and playwright (1907–1963)
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1907
- Died
- 1963
- Works
- 93
Top works
- Autumn journal
- The march hare resigns
- The dark tower
- astrology
- The mad islands and the administrator
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Northern Ireland
- Active from
- 1907-09-12
- Active to
- 1963-09-03
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 223
- Total plays
- 956
Frederick Louis MacNeice (September 12, 1907 – September 3, 1963) was a British and Irish poet and playwright. He was part of the generation of "thirties poets" which included W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender and C. Day Lewis; nicknamed MacSpaunday as a group. His body of work was widely appreciated by the public during his lifetime, due in part to his relaxed, but socially and emotionally aware style. Never as overtly (or simplistically) political as some of his contemporaries <a href="https://www.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Belfast
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- playwright
- Educated at
- Marlborough College
- Employer
- University of Birmingham
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- Commons category
- Louis MacNeice
- date of birth
- 1907-09-12
- date of death
- 1963-09-03
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- P12749
- Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk
- manner of death
- natural causes
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