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  • 1472

    Nezahualcoyotl – On June he 4th, 1472 Nezahualcoyotl dies aged 70 [Texcoco, Mexico]

  • 1774

    Thomas Paine – On June the 4th 1774 Paine separates from his wife Elizabeth [Lewes, Sussex, United Kingdom]

  • 1812

    William Wordsworth – On the 4th of June 1812 Catherine Wordsworth passes away [Cockermouth, Cumberland, United Kingdom]

  • 1839

    Robert Southey – On June the 4th 1839 Southey marries poet Caroline Anne Bowles [Keswick, United Kingdom]

  • 1898

    Harry Crosby – On June the 4th, 1898 Harry Crosby is born in Boston, Massachusetts [Boston, Massachusetts, United States]

  • 1973

    Arna Wendell Bontemps – On June the 4th, 1973 Arna Bontemps passes away in Nashville [Nashville, Tennessee, United States]

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Hughes’ Sculpture / Heaney Memorabilia / Garip Photograph – Poetry News Roundup May 30th

Today in our poetry new round up, we look at a sculpture dedicated to Ted Hughes, a collection of Seamus Heaney memorabilia and a photograph linked to the Garip movement that has recently been auctioned. New Application for Ted Hughes Sculpture Made A new planning application has been submitted for a sculpture in honour of the late poet Ted Hughes. Hughes, who was appointed poet laureate in 1984, died holding the office in ...


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