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Gavin Ewart

Contains 1 collection item, 1 performance, 2 in total. Currently showing 2 in total.

Born 1916. A published poet by the age of seventeen, contributing to Geoffrey Grigson's New Verse. First solo collection Poems and Songs published in 1939. Published a large number of collections over the years. Had a humorous style but was also controversial, his 1966 collection Pleasures of the Flesh being banned by WH Smith for being too erotic. Died 1995.

  • Miner Poets

    Miner Poets

    1 August 1984 at 
    Southbank Centre (30)
    A benefit for the striking miners, co-programmed by Apples & Snakes and the Poetry Society, and supported by the GLC.  If the ticks on the back of the flyer are indicative of A&S’s contribution, then it comprised Hegley, Gilbey, Fred Williams, McGee, Agard, Joolz, LKJ, Prescod, Fell, Condell and African ...
  • Video recording of Miner Poets

    Video recording of Miner Poets

    1 August 1984
    VHS recording of Miner Poets event at the Purcell Room, featuring Dannie Abse, John Agard, Gavin Ewart, Alison Fell, Alan Gilbey, John Hegley, Gladys McGee, Joolz Denby, Liz Lochhead, Steve Olssen, Fred Williams, Mogg Williams
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