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Hughes, Ted was born on August 17, 1930. Son of William Henry and Edith (Farrar) Hughes.
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book
"The Iron Man"
play
poem
"The Hawk in the rain"
"Lupercal"
"New Selected Poems"
poetry
"Wodwo"
"Crow"
"Wolfwatching"
"Birthday Letters"
Ted Hughes
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Ted Hughes, poet, author. Recipient 1st prize Guinness Poetry awards, 1958, Somerset Maugham award, 1960, Hawthornden prize, 1961, City of Florence International Poetry Prize, 1969, Premio Internazionale Taormina, 1973, Queen's Gold medal for Poetry, 1974, The Signal Poetry award, 1983, 85, British poet laureate, since 1984, The Guardian Children's Fiction award, 1985, The Emily/Kurt Maschler award, 1985; Guggenheim fellow, 1959-1960.
Education
Student, Pembroke College. Student, Cambridge University, England.
Career
Honorary fellow Pembroke College, 1986.
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play
poem
poetry
Connections
Married Sylvia Plath, 1956 (deceased 1963). Children: Frieda Rebecca, Nicholas. Married Carol Orchard, 1970.
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Born
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Died
October 28, 1998 (aged 68)
Education
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1937 - 1940
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1940 - 1941
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1941
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1951 - 1954
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1956 - 1959
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Recipient 1st prize Guinness Poetry awards, 1958, Somerset Maugham award, 1960, Hawthornden prize, 1961, City of Florence International Poetry Prize, 1969, Premio Internazionale Taormina, 1973, Queen's Gold medal for Poetry, 1974, The Signal Poetry award, 1983, 85, British poet laureate, since 1984, The Guardian Children's Fiction award, 1985, The Emily/Kurt Maschler award, 1985. Guggenheim fellow, 1959-1960.Recipient 1st prize Guinness Poetry awards, 1958, Somerset Maugham award, 1960, Hawthornden prize, 1961, City of Florence International Poetry Prize, 1969, Premio Internazionale Taormina, 1973, Queen's Gold medal for Poetry, 1974, The Signal Poetry award, 1983, 85, British poet laureate, since 1984, The Guardian Children's Fiction award, 1985, The Emily/Kurt Maschler award, 1985. Guggenheim fellow, 1959-1960.