Keyes Poem
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS ADD 60 |
Held at | : University College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll › |
Full title | : Keyes Poem |
Date(s) | : Created 1942 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 folio |
Name of creator(s) | : Keyes | Sidney Arthur Kilworth | 1922-1943 | poet |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Keyes was born in Dartford in 1922, the son of an army officer. He was brought up largely by his grandfather and was educated at Dartford Grammar School, Tonbridge School and at Oxford University. He began to write poetry whilst at school, and at Oxford became friendly with the poet John Heath-Stubbs. He joined the army in 1942 as a lieutenant in the West Kent Regiment. He was killed in action in Tunisia during a raid on 19th April 1943. He was awarded the Hawthornden Prize posthumously in 1944.
Publications: Co-editor with Michael Meyer, Eight Oxford Poets (1941) which contains some of his own work; The Iron Laurel (1942); The Cruel Solstice (1943); Collected Poems (1945) with a Memoir by Michael Meyer.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript poem entitled 'Ulster soldier', dated 13 April 1942 at Omagh.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented by Alex Comfort in 1963.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Papers of and relating to Sidney Keyes, [1931-1943], held by the University of Greenwich Archives.
Publication note:
Description Notes
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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999
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