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Alfred Edward Housman
(26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936 / Worcestershire / England)
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Alfred Edward Housman Housman was born in Fockbury, a hamlet on the outskirts of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, the eldest of seven children of a country solicitor. His mother died on his twelfth birthday, and subsequently her place was taken by his stepmother Lucy, an elder cousin of his father's whom he latter married in 1873. His brother Laurence Housman and sister Clemence Housman also became writers. more >>
 
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Sankaran Ayya (2/2/2012 7:31:00 AM)
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poetry should appeal to emotions rather than to the intellect
Housman's golden words, poetry writers should appreciate and follow
as cardinal principle
--KAVIN CHARALAN
Mark Adams (1/9/2012 6:05:00 PM)
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From a biography I read on Housman (I sorry I don't recall the title or author) , Housman was believed to have possibly been homosexual, and was suspected by some family members as being so. If this was truly the case, I believe it may put different light on the point of few of some of his poems.

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