Name Harold Massingham | Role Poet | |
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Died March 13, 2011, Stockport, United Kingdom Books Sonatas & dreams, Frost-gods: poems | ||
Harold W. Massingham (25 October 1932 Mexborough—13 March 2011) was an English poet.
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Life
He was the son of H. W. Massingham (a collier from Mexborough). He attended the same Mexborough Grammar School as the Yorkshire poet and Poet Laureate Ted Hughes but in a class two years below. He taught at the University of Manchester; his students included Steven Waling, and Trevor Griffiths.
Harold Massingham lived in Mexborough, and published three volumes of poetry in 1965, 1972 and 1992.
His work was published in The New Yorker, and Alhambra Poetry Calendar.
Under the pseudonym ‘Mass’, he set crosswords for national newspapers and magazines for more than 30 years. He also compiled chess puzzles.
Awards
Poetry broadsheets
Poetry books
Anthology
References
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