About John Hartley Williams
Lived 1942 – 2014 (aged 72). John Hartley Williams was a poet.
John Hartley Williams (7 February 1942 – 3 May 2014) was an English poet who was born in Cheshire and grew up in London. He studied at the University of Nottingham and later at the University of London. His 2004 poetry book, Blues, was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. He was a judge of the 2007 Poetry on the Lake poetry competition, a judge of the Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry, and a tutor at the Arvon Foundation. He died from cancer at his home in Berlin in May 2014. He was survived by Gizella, his wife of 44 years, and their daughter.
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British poet (1942-2014)
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John Hartley Williams was born on 7 February 1942.
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John Hartley Williams died on 3 May 2014.
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John Hartley Williams was a poet.
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