Sir John Betjeman (1906-84) was born in Highgate, the son of a manufacturer of Dutch descent. His poetry enjoyed immense popularity, as did his personality, and his knighthood in 1969 and appointment as Poet Laureate in 1972 were universally welcomed.
Other volumes in this series: Auden, Eliot, Plath, Hughes and Yeats.
- ISBN10 0571247024
- ISBN13 9780571247028
- Publish Date 7 May 2009 (first published 1 December 1967)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition Main - 80th anniversary edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 112
- Language English