Harold Massingham | |
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| Born | Harold W. Massingham (1932-10-25)25 October 1932 Mexborough,South Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 13 March 2011(2011-03-13) (aged 78) |
| Pen name | Mass |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Manchester |
| Notable awards | Cholmondeley Award (1968) |
Harold W. Massingham (25 October 1932 inMexborough – 13 March 2011) was an English poet.
He was the son of H. W. Massingham (a collier from Mexborough). He attended the same Mexborough Grammar School as theYorkshire poet andPoet LaureateTed Hughes but in a class two years below.He taught at theUniversity of Manchester; his students included Steven Waling, andTrevor Griffiths.[1]
Harold Massingham lived in Mexborough through his childhood, and then Manchester from his university days, until moving with his wife Pat to Spain in the 1990s. He published three volumes of poetry in 1965, 1972 and 1992.[2]
His work was published inThe New Yorker, andAlhambra Poetry Calendar.
Under the pseudonym ‘Mass’ he set crosswords for national newspapers and magazines for more than 30 years.[3] He also compiled chess puzzles.[4]
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