Ted Hughes

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children's writer essayist human playwright poet translator

Ted Hughes was a prominent 20th-century English poet and children's writer, known for his powerful, nature-infused verse and for serving as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1984 until his death.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children's writer → essayist → human → playwright → poet → translator →
awardReceived	Order of Merit → T. S. Eliot Prize → Whitbread Book of the Year →
causeOfDeath	cancer →
countryOfCitizenship	England → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1930-08-17 →
dateOfDeath	1998-10-28 →
educatedAt	Cambridge University NERFINISHED → Pembroke College, Cambridge NERFINISHED →
endTime	1998 (Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom) →
familyName	Hughes →
fullName	Edward James Hughes →
genre	children's literature → drama → poetry →
givenName	Edward →
influencedBy	D. H. Lawrence → William Blake → mythology and folklore →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	Postmodern poetry →
notableFor	exploration of violence and the natural world in poetry → nature-infused verse →
notableWork	Birthday Letters → Crow → Lupercal → Moortown Diary → Tales from Ovid → The Hawk in the Rain → The Iron Man → The Iron Woman →
occupation	children's writer → editor → playwright → poet → translator →
placeOfBirth	Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, England →
placeOfDeath	London, England →
positionHeld	Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom →
spouse	Carol Orchard → Sylvia Plath →
startTime	1984 (Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom) →
subjectOf	biographical studies on Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ariel → Crossing the Water →	compiledBy
Ariel → Winter Trees →	editor
T. S. Eliot → W.B. Yeats →	influenced
Mytholmroyd →	birthplaceOf
Yorkshire →	hasLiteraryAssociation
Sylvia Plath →	influencedBy
Pembroke College, Cambridge →	notableAlumnus
Faber and Faber →	publishedAuthor
Sylvia Plath →	spouse