Ted Hughes

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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.

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Ted Hughes canonical 41
Poet Laureate Ted Hughes 1

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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
Pembroke College, Cambridge
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
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
surface form: Tales from Ovid

The Hawk in the Rain
The Iron Man
The Iron Woman
occupation children's writer
editor
playwright
poet
translator
placeOfBirth Mytholmroyd
surface form: 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

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Sylvia Plath spouse Ted Hughes
Sylvia Plath influencedBy Ted Hughes
Faber and Faber publishedAuthor Ted Hughes
W.B. Yeats influenced Ted Hughes
Ariel compiledBy Ted Hughes
Ariel editor Ted Hughes
Crossing the Water compiledBy Ted Hughes
Winter Trees editor Ted Hughes
Yorkshire hasLiteraryAssociation Ted Hughes
Mytholmroyd birthplaceOf Ted Hughes
T. S. Eliot Prize hasAwarded Ted Hughes
Lupercal author Ted Hughes
Crow author Ted Hughes
Birthday Letters author Ted Hughes
Birthday Letters subject Ted Hughes
Birthday Letters mainCharacter Ted Hughes
Moortown Diary author Ted Hughes
Moortown Diary creator Ted Hughes
The Iron Woman author Ted Hughes
The Iron Man author Ted Hughes
The Hawk in the Rain author Ted Hughes
The Hawk in the Rain debutWorkOf Ted Hughes
Nicholas Hughes father Ted Hughes
Edward James Hughes alsoKnownAs Ted Hughes
Frieda Hughes father Ted Hughes
Frieda Hughes notableRelative Ted Hughes
Carol Orchard spouse Ted Hughes
Carol Orchard marriedTo Ted Hughes
Edge hasCharacter Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes Festival namedAfter Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes Festival honours Ted Hughes
this entity surface form: Poet Laureate Ted Hughes