Cecil Day Lewis

Feb. 02, 1972 - New Port Illegible receiving congratulations: Cecil Day Lewis says it will take him the best part of teh week to deal with the leters and telegrams, he as received from all over the world, congratulating him on his new appointment as Poet Laureat. Day Lewis, who is 63, and a former Professor of Poetry at Oxford Univeristy succeeds John Masefield who died last May, and also follows in the paths of Wordsworth, southey and Tennyson. He lives in Greenwich 14 year old Tusemin and 10 year old Daniel-and he is equally at home writing detective stories, which appear under his pseudonym Nicholas Blake, as well as poetry. In his new post he will be expected to write poetry to commemorate both Royal and public events-and for this, in the 3000 year old tradition of the office, he will receive 70 per year and 27 lieu of a butt of sack. Photo shows New Post Laureate Cecil Day Lewis with his actress wife, Jill, sorting some of the hundreds of lotters of congratulation he has received

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