| LC control no. | n 80032812 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6064.Y4 |
| Personal name heading | Nye, Robert |
| Located | Southend-on-Sea (England) |
| Birth date | 1939-03-15 |
| Death date | 2016-07-02 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | Cork (Ireland) |
| Field of activity | Poetry Editing Drama Criticism Radio plays Children's literature |
| Affiliation | University of Edinburgh |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Editors Novelists Dramatists Critics Authors |
| Found in | His March has horse's ears, 1966. Juvenilia 1, 1961: title page (Robert Nye) front dust jacket flap (Robert Nye was born in London in 1939; first collection of poems) Divisions on a ground, 1976: title page (Robert Nye) front dust jacket flap (Robert Nye is a critic, novelist, and anthologist, as well as a poet) Contemporary poets, ©2001: page 870 (Robert Nye; born London, 15 March 1939; poetry editor for the Scotsman, 1967-; poetry critic, The Times, 1971-; writer-in-residence, University of Edinburgh, 1976-1977) The Oxford companion to English literature, 2009: page 724 (Robert Nye, 1939-; novelist, poet, playwright, and critic; has also written radio and stage plays, and books for children) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1939) New York times WWW site, viewed July 7, 2016 (in obituary published July 6: Robert Nye; b. Robert Thomas Nye, Mar. 15, 1939, London; grew up in Southend, Essex; d. Saturday [July 2, 2016], Cork, Ireland, aged 77; poet and novelist who found rich material in the legends of ancient England and Wales, and who invented a rollicking afterlife for one of Shakespeare's most enduring characters in his acclaimed novel Falstaff) |
| Associated language | eng |
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