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Hugh Sykes Davies
Born(1909-08-17)17 August 1909
Prescot, Merseyside, England
Died6 June 1984(1984-06-06) (aged 74)
Cambridge, England
OccupationPoet, novelist and critic
NationalityBritish
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
GenreSurrealism
SpouseKathleen Raine (div.)

Hugh Sykes Davies (17 August 1909 – 6 June 1984)[1] was an English poet, novelist and communist, who was one of a small group of 1930s British surrealists.

  1. ^ 'The Eagle', vol. LXX, no. 293 (Easter 1985), pp. 61-4. joh.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

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