Louis MacNeice
Frederick Louis MacNeice CBE (12 September 1907 – 3 September 1963) was an Irish poet and playwright, and a member of the so-called Auden Group, which also included W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender and Cecil Day-Lewis. MacNeice's body of work was widely appreciated by the public during his lifetime, due in part to his relaxed but socially and emotionally aware style. Never as overtly or simplistically political as some of his contemporaries, he expressed a humane opposition to totalitarianism as well as an acute awareness of his roots.
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MacNeice on the cover of Selected Poems, edited by Michael Longley (1988) | |
| Born | Frederick Louis MacNeice 12 September 1907 Belfast, Ireland |
| Died | 3 September 1963 (aged 55) London, England |
| Resting place | Church of Ireland, Carrowdore |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford, Marlborough College |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Spouse(s) | Hedli Anderson (m. 1942–1960), Mary Ezra (m. 1930–1936) |
| Children | Daniel MacNeice, Corinna MacNeice |
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