Duff Cooper Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1968) Winner
Roy Fuller
ろい・ふらー
Roi Furā
Aliases:
Roy Broadbent Fuller
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1912-02-11 （Failsworth, Lancashire）
- Died
- 1991-09-27 age 79
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, England
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Blackpool, Lancashire
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, solicitor, Royal Navy serviceman, Professor of Poetry at Oxford University
- Active Years
- 1928-1991
- Affiliations
- The Woolwich Equitable Building Society, Board of Governors of the BBC, Oxford University
- Influenced
- John Fuller
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool High School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Blackpool High School
Country:
United Kingdom
Articled to a solicitor in 1928, qualified as solicitor in 1933.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1980 | Cholmondeley Award | — | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
1970
Result:
受賞
Cholmondeley Award
1980
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Poems
1939 PoetryHis first book of poetry.
wareveryday life
The Middle of a War
1942 NovelA novel set during the war.
war
A Lost Season
1944 PoetryPoetry collection.
Bibliography
- Poems (1939)
- The Middle of a War (1942)
- A Lost Season (1944)
- Savage Gold (1946)
- With My Little Eye (1948)
- Epitaphs and Occasions (1949)
- The Second Curtain (1953)
- Counterparts (1954)
- Image of a Society (1956)
- Brutus’s Orchard (1957)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- The Movement styleclear and anti-rhetorical
- Recurring Motifs
- everyday realitysocial commentary
Legacy
Important figure in modern British poetry, associated with The Movement. Known for poetry and novels.
Archives
- Leeds University Library
- Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library
In Popular Culture
- Dedicated a novel by Anthony Powell.
Trivia
- Son is poet John Fuller.
- Born to lower-middle-class parents post-WWI.