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Louis MacNeice
MacNeice on the cover of Selected Poems, edited by Michael Longley (1988)
Born
Frederick Louis MacNeice
(1907-09-12)12 September 1907
Belfast, Ireland
Died
3 September 1963(1963-09-03) (aged 55)
London, England
Resting place
Church of Ireland, Carrowdore
Citizenship
Irish, British
Alma mater
University of Oxford, Marlborough College
Occupation(s)
Irish poet and playwright
Spouse(s)
Hedli Anderson (m. 1942–1960), Mary Ezra (m. 1930–1936)
Children
Daniel MacNeice, Corinna Brigid MacNeice
Frederick Louis MacNeiceCBE (12 September 1907 – 3 September 1963) was an Irish poet, playwright and producer for the BBC. His poetry, which frequently explores themes of introspection, empiricism, and belonging, is considered to be among the greatest of twentieth century literature. Despite being renowned as a member of the Auden Group, he was also an independently successful (albeit occasionally overlooked) poet with an influential body of work, which is replete with themes ranging from faith to mortality. His body of work was appreciated by the public during his lifetime, due in part to his relaxed but socially and emotionally aware style. Never as overtly or simplistically political as some of his contemporaries, he expressed a humane opposition to totalitarianism as well as an acute awareness of his roots.
Frederick LouisMacNeice CBE (12 September 1907 – 3 September 1963) was an Irish poet, playwright and producer for the BBC. His poetry, which frequently...
The Sunlight on the Garden is a 24-line poem by LouisMacNeice. It was written in late 1936 and was entitled Song at its first appearance in print, in...
and, in collaboration with MacNeice, "W. H. Auden and LouisMacNeice: Their Last Will and Testament" (in verse). MacNeice's contributions include a verse...
"Prayer Before Birth" is a poem written by the Irish poet LouisMacNeice (1907–1963) at the height of the Second World War. Written from the perspective...
British and Irish writers active in the 1930s that included W. H. Auden, LouisMacNeice, Cecil Day-Lewis, Stephen Spender, Christopher Isherwood and sometimes...
contemporary of John Betjeman and Anthony Blunt, and a close friend of LouisMacNeice. MacNeice's "He had a date" (1943) is loosely based on the life and death...
Journal is an autobiographical long poem in twenty-four sections by LouisMacNeice. It was written between August and December 1938, and published as a...
Belfast in 1935. MacNeice was twice married. One of his sons by his first marriage was the poet, LouisMacNeice. Jon Stallworthy: LouisMacNeice, Faber and...
poetry collection by LouisMacNeice. It was published by Faber and Faber on 28 April 1938, and was one of four books by LouisMacNeice to appear in 1938...
(1936), play by LouisMacNeice Love from a Stranger (1937), film directed by Rowland V. Lee Out of the Picture (1937), play by LouisMacNeice The Sword In...
Excursion is a 44-line poem by LouisMacNeice. It was written in 1938 and first published in book form in MacNeice's poetry collection The Earth Compels...
reference to Shakespeare's King Lear. Bruno Bettelheim Gargoyle Golem LouisMacNeice Petrifaction in mythology and fiction Sophie Calle Craighead, W. Edward;...
Astrologers), pp. 37–53 Neil Spencer, True as the Stars Above, 2000, pp. 126–7 LouisMacNeice, Astrology, Bloomsbury Books, London, 1989, pp. 100–1 Ray Grasse, Signs...
provided Thomas with a regular income and brought him into contact with LouisMacNeice, a congenial drinking companion whose advice Thomas cherished. On 29...
mentioned as the epitome of modernity by the Irish poet LouisMacNeice. Although McDowell cites MacNeice's reference as from Bagpipe Music, it is actually from...
the secret Society of Amici in which he was a contemporary of both LouisMacNeice and Graham Shepard. He founded The Heretick, a satirical magazine that...
work put to ludicrous use. The poem "Château Jackson" by Irish poet LouisMacNeice, in The Burning Perch collection, is a reinterpretation based on the...
international footballer who lived his entire life in Carrickfergus. LouisMacNeice, poet, moved to the town when he was two years old (his father was appointed...
Thrapp's 2002 novel Mutiny's Curse is based on a similar premise. In 1959 LouisMacNeice produced a BBC Radio play called I Call Me Adam, written by Laurie Lee...
contra Edwin Muir. The book was given a positive review in 1941 by LouisMacneice, who ranked it with the Golden Treasury of Irish Verse, by Lennox Robinson...
Genome. BBC. 21 January 1946. "LouisMacNeice Biography". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 6 September 2013. MacNeice, Louis (1947). The Dark Tower and other...
Kaufman and Alexander Woollcott The Dark Tower, a 1946 radio play by LouisMacNeice The Dark Tower (album), a 2011 album by Nox Arcana Dark Tower (building)...
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