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John Betjeman: The Biography

Bevis Hillier

This biography takes the reader from Betjeman's troubled childhood in north London, through his blossoming at Oxford; a gay fling with W. H. Auden; a clandestine marriage to a field marshal's daughter; pranks as a film critic; wartime service and probable espionage in Ireland, to the glory days of his later years when his Collected Poems became a runaway bestseller. This book is a distillation of Bevis Hillier's three-volume biography, authorized by Betjeman himself.

  • Classification : Biography & Memoir
  • Pub Date : JAN 1, 2007
  • Imprint : John Murray
  • Page Extent : 608
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780719564444
  • Price : INR 1,399
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Bevis Hillier

Bevis Hillier has devoted more than twenty-five years to writing Betjeman`s life a task entrusted to him by the poet himself. Like Betjeman he was educated at Magdalen College Oxford. Later he joined the Times became editor of The Connoisseur and a columnist on the Los Angeles Times as well as writing for many other papers and journals. He edited Betjeman`s `Uncollected Poems` `now included in `Collected Poems`` compiled `John Betjeman: A Life in Pictures` and is the author of `Young Betjeman`. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in Hampshire.

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