Author

Cecil Day-Lewis

born 1904 173 known books newest first

>Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis was born in County Laois, Ireland, in 1904. After his mother died in 1906, he was brought up in London by his clergyman father, spending summer holidays with relatives in Wexford. He was educated at Sherborne School and Wadham College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1927. Lewis initially worked as a teacher to supplement his income from his poetry writing. Under the pen-name Nicholas Blake, he published his first Nigel Strangeways novel, *A Question of Proof*, in 1935. Lewis went on to write a further nineteen crime novels, all but four of which featured Nigel Strangeways, as well as numerous poetry collections and translations.

>During the Second World War he worked as a publications editor in the Ministry of Information, which he used as the basis for the Ministry of Morale in *Minute for Murder*, and after the war he joined the publishers Chatto & Windus as an editor and director. He was married twice, in 1928 to Constance M King, the daughter of a master at Sherborne, and in 1951 to the actress Jill Balcon. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1968 and died in 1972 at the home of his friend, the writer Kingsley Amis.

Books

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173 books
Posthumous poems

Posthumous poems

1979
The minds in chains

The minds in chains

1978
The poems of C. Day Lewis, 1925-1972

The poems of C. Day Lewis, 1925-1972

1977
A lasting joy

A lasting joy

1973
The worm of death

The worm of death

1973
C Day-Lewis reading his own poetry

C Day-Lewis reading his own poetry

1972
Collected poems, 1954

Collected poems, 1954

1970
Collected poems of C. Day Lewis 1954

Collected poems of C. Day Lewis 1954

1970
Contemporary poets of the english...

Contemporary poets of the english language

1970
On translating poetry

On translating poetry

1970
The whispering roots

The whispering roots

1970
Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey

Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey

1969
Selected poems [of] C. Day Lewis

Selected poems [of] C. Day Lewis

1969
A need for poetry?

A need for poetry?

1968
The private wound

The private wound

1968
An anthology of modern verse, 1920-1940

An anthology of modern verse, 1920-1940

1967
C.Day Lewis

C.Day Lewis

1967
Selections from his poetry

Selections from his poetry

1967
The Abbey that refused to die

The Abbey that refused to die

1967
The morning after death

The morning after death

1966
The lyric impulse

The lyric impulse

1965
The room & other poems

The room & other poems

1965
The smiler with the knife

The smiler with the knife

1965
Who goes home?

Who goes home?

1965
Requiem for the living

Requiem for the living

1964
The sad variety

The sad variety

1964
The deadly joker

The deadly joker

1963
The gate

The gate

1962
A book of English lyrics

A book of English lyrics

1961
English lyric poems, 1500-1900

English lyric poems, 1500-1900

1961
The buried day

The buried day

1960
The widow's cruise

The widow's cruise

1959
A penknife in my heart

A penknife in my heart

1958
End of chapter

End of chapter

1957
Pegasus

Pegasus

1957
The poet's way of knowledge

The poet's way of knowledge

1957
A Tangled Web

A Tangled Web

1956
The Chatto book of modern poetry, 1915-1955

The Chatto book of modern poetry, 1915-1955

1956
The poet

The poet

1956
Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

1954
Colected poems of C. Day Lewis

Colected poems of C. Day Lewis

1954
Notable images of virtue

Notable images of virtue

1954
The whisper in the gloom

The whisper in the gloom

1954
An Italian visit

An Italian visit

1953
Clefs pour la poe sie

Clefs pour la poe sie

1953
The dreadful hollow

The dreadful hollow

1953
The grand manner

The grand manner

1952
The lyrical poetry of Thomas Hardy

The lyrical poetry of Thomas Hardy

1951
The poet's task :ban inaugural le...

The poet's task :ban inaugural lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on 1 June 1951

1951
Poetry for you and The echoing gr...

Poetry for you and The echoing green (in four parts)

1950
Head of a traveler

Head of a traveler

1949
Collected poems, 1929-1936

Collected poems, 1929-1936

1948
Poems 1943-1947

Poems 1943-1947

1948
The Otterbury incident

The Otterbury incident

1948
Enjoying poetry

Enjoying poetry

1947
Malice in Wonderland

Malice in Wonderland

1947
Minute for murder

Minute for murder

1947
The colloquial element in English poetry

The colloquial element in English poetry

1947
The poetic image

The poetic image

1947
Short is the time

Short is the time

1945
Poetry for you

Poetry for you

1944
The Case of the Abominable Snowman

The Case of the Abominable Snowman

1944
Word over all

Word over all

1943
A new anthology of modern verse 1920-1940

A new anthology of modern verse 1920-1940

1941 Cecil Day-Lewis and L. A. G. Strong
The echoing green

The echoing green

1941
Poems in wartime

Poems in wartime

1940
Selected poems

Selected poems

1940
Child of misfortune

Child of misfortune

1939
Anatomy of Oxford

Anatomy of Oxford

1938
Collected poems 1929-1933

Collected poems 1929-1933

1938
Overtures to death

Overtures to death

1938
The beast must die

The beast must die

1938
Starting point

Starting point

1937
There's trouble brewing

There's trouble brewing

1937
Imagination and thinking

Imagination and thinking

1936
Noah and the waters

Noah and the waters

1936
The friendly tree

The friendly tree

1936
Thou Shell of Death

Thou Shell of Death

1936 Cecil Day-Lewis and Nicholas Blake
We're not going to do nothing

We're not going to do nothing

1936
A question of proof

A question of proof

1935
A time to dance and other poems

A time to dance and other poems

1935
Poems

Poems

1935
Revolution in writing

Revolution in writing

1935
A hope for poetry

A hope for poetry

1934
Dick Willoughby

Dick Willoughby

1933
The magnetic mountain

The magnetic mountain

1933
From feathers to iron

From feathers to iron

1931
Transitional poem

Transitional poem

1929
Country comets

Country comets

1928
Beechen vigil

Beechen vigil

1925
10 relatos de detectives

10 relatos de detectives

Year unknown
A Book Of English Lyrics

A Book Of English Lyrics

Year unknown
A Christmas way

A Christmas way

Year unknown
Aeneid

Aeneid

Year unknown Virgil, Cecil Day-Lewis, and Publius Vergilius Maro
Aeneid of Virgil, a New Verse Translation

Aeneid of Virgil, a New Verse Translation

Year unknown
A hope for poetry

A hope for poetry

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Alphabets Old and New for the Use...

Alphabets Old and New for the Use of Craftsmen

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A new anthology of modern verse, ...

A new anthology of modern verse, 1920-1940

Year unknown
Bodies from the Library

Bodies from the Library

Year unknown Tony Medawar, Georgette Heyer, A. A. Milne, Cecil Day-Lewis, Christianna Brand, and Agatha Christie
C.Day Lewis

C.Day Lewis

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C.Day Lewis Reads C.Day Lewis

C.Day Lewis Reads C.Day Lewis

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Classic Detective Stories

Classic Detective Stories

Year unknown Edgar Wallace, Arthur Conan Doyle, Colin Dexter, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Cecil Day-Lewis, Sax Rohmer, and Muriel Spark
Collected poems

Collected poems

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Collected poems

Collected poems

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Collected Poems

Collected Poems

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Collected Poems 1929-1933 & A hop...

Collected Poems 1929-1933 & A hope for poetry

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Collected poems of C. Day Lewis

Collected poems of C. Day Lewis

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Collected Poems of C. Day Lewis 1954

Collected Poems of C. Day Lewis 1954

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Complete Poems

Complete Poems

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Complete Poems of C. Day Lewis

Complete Poems of C. Day Lewis

Year unknown
Country House Murders

Country House Murders

Year unknown Freeman Wills Crofts, John Dickson Carr, Christianna Brand, Thomas Godfrey, Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Robert Barr, Emma Orczy, R. Austin Freeman, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, Cecil Day-Lewis, P. G. Wodehouse, Michael Innes, Philip MacDonald, Ethel Lina White, Cyril Hare, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James, James G. Miles, Thomas Godfrey, and J. I. M. Stewart
Damo shel yeled ḳaṭan

Damo shel yeled ḳaṭan

Year unknown
Enjoying poetry

Enjoying poetry

Year unknown
Golova puteshestvennika

Golova puteshestvennika

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La Bestia Debe Morir

La Bestia Debe Morir

Year unknown
Mehrauli

Mehrauli

Year unknown Karoki Lewis, Charles Lewis, and Cecil Day-Lewis
Milḥamot Oṭerbery

Milḥamot Oṭerbery

Year unknown
Minuto Para El Crimen

Minuto Para El Crimen

Year unknown
Naval Air Stations and the Defenc...

Naval Air Stations and the Defence of Dockyards

Year unknown Annual Conference Staff Naval Dockyards Society and Cecil Day-Lewis
New Poems 1957

New Poems 1957

Year unknown
noah and the waters

noah and the waters

Year unknown
On not saying everything

On not saying everything

Year unknown
ORION VOLUME II.

ORION VOLUME II.

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Orion Volume III (3)

Orion Volume III (3)

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PC Pocket Guide

PC Pocket Guide

Year unknown
Pegasus and Other Poems

Pegasus and Other Poems

Year unknown
Poems, 1925-72

Poems, 1925-72

Year unknown
Poésie pour tous

Poésie pour tous

Year unknown
Poetry for you

Poetry for you

Year unknown
Selected poems

Selected poems

Year unknown
Selected poems

Selected poems

Year unknown
Selected Poems

Selected Poems

Year unknown
SELECTED POEMS; ED. BY JILL BALCON

SELECTED POEMS; ED. BY JILL BALCON

Year unknown
Selected poems [of] C. Day Lewis

Selected poems [of] C. Day Lewis

Year unknown
Smertelʹnyĭ rozygrysh

Smertelʹnyĭ rozygrysh

Year unknown
Steering to Glory

Steering to Glory

Year unknown
Synthesis of protease substrates

Synthesis of protease substrates

Year unknown
THE AENEID - A20

THE AENEID - A20

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The Aeneid of Virgil

The Aeneid of Virgil

Year unknown
The Apollo Anthology

The Apollo Anthology

Year unknown
The Collected Poems of C.D.Lewis

The Collected Poems of C.D.Lewis

Year unknown
The Collected Poems Of Wilfred Owen

The Collected Poems Of Wilfred Owen

Year unknown
The Complete Poems of C. Day Lewis

The Complete Poems of C. Day Lewis

Year unknown
The Deepcut Review

The Deepcut Review

Year unknown
The Dreadful Hollow

The Dreadful Hollow

Year unknown
The Echoing Green Book III

The Echoing Green Book III

Year unknown
The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil

The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil

Year unknown
The Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid of Virgil;

The Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid of Virgil;

Year unknown
The friendly tree

The friendly tree

Year unknown
The gate,

The gate,

Year unknown
The Gate and Other Poems

The Gate and Other Poems

Year unknown
The Georgics of Virgil

The Georgics of Virgil

Year unknown Virgil, Cecil Day-Lewis, and Publius Vergilius Maro
The Georgics of Virgil, Tr. by C....

The Georgics of Virgil, Tr. by C. Day Lewis, with an Introd. by Louis Bromfield

Year unknown
The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy

The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy

Year unknown Cecil Day-Lewis and Richard Russell Lawrence
The Lyric Impulse

The Lyric Impulse

Year unknown
The Nicholas Blake Omnibus

The Nicholas Blake Omnibus

Year unknown
The nicholas Blake Treasury

The nicholas Blake Treasury

Year unknown
The Nicholas Blake treasury

The Nicholas Blake treasury

Year unknown
The Nicholas Blake Treasury

The Nicholas Blake Treasury

Year unknown
The Nicholas Blake Treasury (Thou...

The Nicholas Blake Treasury (Thou Shell of Death; The Beast Must Die; The Corpse in the Snowman)

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The Nicholas Blake Treasury (Thou...

The Nicholas Blake Treasury (Thou Shell of Death; The Beast Must Die; The Corpse in the Snowman)

Year unknown
The Nicholas Blake treasury, vol. 2

The Nicholas Blake treasury, vol. 2

Year unknown
The Penguin Poets

The Penguin Poets

Year unknown
The Penguin Poets C. Day Lewis

The Penguin Poets C. Day Lewis

Year unknown
The Poetic Image

The Poetic Image

Year unknown
There's trouble brewing

There's trouble brewing

Year unknown
The sad variety

The sad variety

Year unknown
The Songs of Skye

The Songs of Skye

Year unknown B. H. Humble and Cecil Day-Lewis
Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy

Year unknown Scott-James, R. A. and Cecil Day-Lewis
Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy

Year unknown Scott-James, R. A. and Cecil Day-Lewis
Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy

Year unknown Scott-James, R. A. and Cecil Day-Lewis
UK and US standards

UK and US standards

Year unknown
Word over all

Word over all

Year unknown

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