About Bernard Spencer
Lived 1909 – 1963 (aged 53). Bernard Spencer was an Indian poet.
Charles Bernard Spencer (1909 – 1963) was an English poet, translator, and editor.
He was born in Madras, India and educated at Marlborough College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. At Marlborough he knew John Betjeman and Louis MacNeice; at Oxford Stephen Spender, Arthur Calder-Marshall, Isaiah Berlinand There he edited the Personal Landscape magazine. Through other postings he wrote little.
He was married again in 1961, to Anne Marjoribanks by whom he had a son Piers in 1963. His Complete Poetry, Translations and Selected Prose edited by Peter Robinson was published by Bloodaxe Books in February 2011.
Works Aegean Islands and Other Poems (1946) The Twist in the Plotting (1960) With Luck Lasting (1963) Collected Poems (1965) edited by Alan Ross Collected Poems (1981) edited by Roger Bowen Complete Poetry, Translations and Selected Prose (2011) edited by Peter Robinson
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Who was Bernard Spencer?
British poet
When was Bernard Spencer born?
Bernard Spencer was born on 9 November 1909 in Chennai.
When did Bernard Spencer die?
Bernard Spencer died on 11 September 1963 in Vienna.
What was Bernard Spencer's occupation?
Bernard Spencer was a poet.
What nationality was Bernard Spencer?
Bernard Spencer was Indian.
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