Clifford Dyment
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Clifford Henry Dyment FRSL (20 January 1914 – 5 June 1971) was a British poet, literary critic, editor and journalist, best known for his poems on countryside topics. Born to Welsh parents, his mother was widowed when Dyment was four years old.
Born in Alfreton
, Derbyshire, he spent his early childhood in Caerleon-on-Usk but was educated at Loughborough Grammar School
in Leicestershire.
His poem "The Son" was occasioned by his discovery of a letter written by his conscripted father prior to his death in World War I. Another Dyment poem "From Many a Mangled Truth a War is Won" laments the tendency to invent pretexts and justifications for wars.
His first published collection was First Day (1935). During the latter part of the 1930s he was a literary figure in London. During World War II he was engaged to make films, working for the British government. His poem As a boy with a richness of needs I wandered was included by Philip Larkin
in The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse, in 1971.
The poem Mouse was set to music by Betty Roe
as part of her song cycle of Cat and Mouse (1987).
He received a Rockefeller Foundation
Atlantic Award in 1950.
Born in Alfreton
Alfreton
Alfreton is a town and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, adjoining the Bolsover and North East Derbyshire districts. It was formerly a Norman Manor and later an Urban District. The population of the Alfreton Ward was 7,928 at the 2001 Census...
, Derbyshire, he spent his early childhood in Caerleon-on-Usk but was educated at Loughborough Grammar School
Loughborough Grammar School
Loughborough Grammar School founded in 1495 by Thomas Burton, is an independent school for boys in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It is a day school for over 1100 pupils and a boarding school for nearly 100. It is one of three schools known as the Loughborough Endowed Schools, along with...
in Leicestershire.
His poem "The Son" was occasioned by his discovery of a letter written by his conscripted father prior to his death in World War I. Another Dyment poem "From Many a Mangled Truth a War is Won" laments the tendency to invent pretexts and justifications for wars.
His first published collection was First Day (1935). During the latter part of the 1930s he was a literary figure in London. During World War II he was engaged to make films, working for the British government. His poem As a boy with a richness of needs I wandered was included by Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin
Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL is widely regarded as one of the great English poets of the latter half of the twentieth century...
in The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse, in 1971.
The poem Mouse was set to music by Betty Roe
Betty Roe
Betty Roe is an English composer, singer, vocal coach, and conductor.-Biography:Betty Roe was born in North Kensington, London, England. Her father was a fishmonger at the Shepherd's Bush Market, and her mother was a bookkeeper...
as part of her song cycle of Cat and Mouse (1987).
He received a Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
Atlantic Award in 1950.
Works
- First Day (1935)
- Straight or Curly (1937)
- The Axe in the Wood (1944)
- Thomas Hood, Selected Poems (1948, Grey Walls Press) editor
- Poems 1935–1948 (1949)
- Experiences and Places (1955)
- The Railway Game: An Early Autobiography (1962)
- C. Day Lewis (1963 biography
- Collected Poems (1970)