James Fenton

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James Fenton is a British poet, journalist, and literary critic known for his politically engaged verse and his tenure as Oxford Professor of Poetry.

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James Fenton canonical 4

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instanceOf human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
librettist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
awardReceived Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize ⓘ
Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry ⓘ
Whitbread Award for Poetry ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1949-04-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Magdalen College, Oxford ⓘ
Oxford University ⓘ
employer The Guardian ⓘ
The Independent ⓘ
The New Statesman ⓘ
linked to: New Statesman

The New York Review of Books ⓘ
endTime 1999 (Oxford Professor of Poetry) ⓘ
familyName Fenton ⓘ
fieldOfWork drama ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
opera libretti ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society of Literature ⓘ
movement political poetry ⓘ
name James Fenton ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableFor politically engaged verse ⓘ
notableWork A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed ⓘ
All the Wrong Places ⓘ
Children in Exile ⓘ
Out of Danger ⓘ
Terminal Moraine ⓘ
The Memory of War and Children in Exile ⓘ
Yellow Tulips ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lincoln ⓘ
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ
positionHeld Oxford Professor of Poetry ⓘ
residence United Kingdom ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Darien Angadi ⓘ
startTime 1994 (Oxford Professor of Poetry) ⓘ

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