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Betjeman, Sir John

1906 – 1984

Bio:

Entries: Diminishing Age - Listed as an important poet of the time. Poet Laureate - Served as Poet Laureate in England from 1973 to 1984. Postmodernist Period (English) - "The death of Cecil Day-Lewis in 1972 vacated the poet laureateship, which was filled by Sir John Betjeman. When Betjeman died in 1984, Ted Hughes took his place.

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